Learning to be systemic: Some reflections from a learning organization

The Learning Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 18-25

  Kay, Robert ^a   Bawden, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Learning; Systemic thinking; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347244462     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696479610131206     Document Type: Article

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