Journey making group workshops as a research tool

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 830-841

  Shaw, D ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Journey Making; Problem structuring methods; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

INTRA-GROUP DYNAMICS; JOURNEY MAKING; PROBLEM-STRUCTURING METHOD (PSM); RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 33745583795     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602155     Document Type: Review

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