The 'essences' of the Fifth Discipline: Or where does Senge stand to view the world?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-107

  Brown, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'learning organizations'; 'theory in use'; Fifth Discipline; Paradigm; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142196329     PISSN: 00057940     EISSN: 1932300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1735(199606)13:2<91::aid-sres72>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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