This is what the fuss is about: A systemic modelling for organisational knowing

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 45-58

  Powell, J H ^a   Swart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause and effect analysis; Knowledge management; Strategic planning; System monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144413963     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270510590218     Document Type: Article

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