Paradigmatic Metamorphosis and Organizational Development

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-199

  Yolles, Maurice ^a   Guo, Kaijun ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolving Organizational Development; Managerial cybernetics; Paradigmatic metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0142117342     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.533     Document Type: Article

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