Critical Systems Thinking as a Way to Manage Knowledge

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-19

  Gao, Fei ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Nakamori, Yoshiteru ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical systems thinking; CST; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Total systems intervention

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0142022006     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.512     Document Type: Article

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