A Three-Phase Design Methodology for Complex Social Systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 445-452

  Li, Ya ^a   Li, Xibin ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF SYSTEM ENGINEERING   (China)

^b National School of Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Complexity; Design methodology; Institutional tizhi; Operational guifan; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

THREE-PHASE DESIGN;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141454987     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.571     Document Type: Article

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