Organizing Processes in Complex Activity Networks

Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-300

  Blackler, Frank ^b   Crump, Norman ^b   McDonald, Seonaidh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity theory; Business strategy; Interactive social science; Multidisciplinary teams; Organizational analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346302278     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840072005     Document Type: Article

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