Towards sustainable development strategies: A complex view following the contribution of Edgar Morin

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 871-891

  Cruz, Luciano Barin ^a,b   Pedrozo, Eugênio Ávila ^a   Barros Estivalete, Vânia de Fátima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Organizations; Sustainable development; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746749331     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610680578     Document Type: Article

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