The viability of using various system theories to describe organisational change

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-54

  Sullivan, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Leadership; Organizational change; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544474600     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230410517468     Document Type: Article

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