Hindsight and the delusion of control

foresight

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3-7

  Hadfield, Linda ^a  

^a Greengauge Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Risk management; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744484872     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680510611787     Document Type: Article

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