Informal systems thinking or systems theory

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-92

  Mulej, Matjaz ^a   Bastic, Majda ^a   Belak, Janko ^a   Knez Riedl, Jozica ^a   Pivka, Marjan ^a   Potocan, Vojko ^a   Rebernik, Miroslav ^a   Ursic, Dusko ^a   Zenko, Zdenka ^a   Mulej, Nastja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b New Moment dOO ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

HOLISTIC THINKING; INFORMAL SYSTEMS; INNOVATIONS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 19944421728     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720302868     Document Type: Article

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