A Proposed Taxonomy of Management Systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Felix, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Double loop; Feedback; Flowing equilibrium; Management system

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS CONTROL;

CYBERNETICS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142054011     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.523     Document Type: Article

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