A cybernetic framework for viable virtual enterprises: The use of VSM and PSM systemic methodologies

Kybernetes

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 653-667

  Assimakopoulos, Nikitas ^a   Dimitriou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Organizational effectiveness; Problem solving; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; COORDINATION STRUCTURES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; VIABLE SYSTEMS MODELS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33745171814     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920610664681     Document Type: Article

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