Dancing around the mysterious forces of chaos: Exploring issues of complexity, knowledge and the management of uncertainty

Clinician in Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Smith, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Crisis management; Escalation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CRISIS THEORY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645573897     PISSN: 09655751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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