Organizations which make a difference: A philosophical argument for the "people focused organization"

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-158

  Weymes, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Creative thinking; Management theory; Organizational design

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844452914     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510562721     Document Type: Review

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