Systemic knowledge and the V-model

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 83-101

  Sheffield, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action science; Inquiring systems; Knowledge management; Multiple perspectives; Organisational learning; Problem structuring; Sensemaking; Systemic knowledge; V model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745044289     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2005.007401     Document Type: Article

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