Guidelines for a constructivist approach: Steps toward the adaptation of ideas from family therapy for use in organizations

Systems Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-177

  Bilson, Andy ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Constructivism; Family therapy; Human service organizations; Management; Organization; Problem solving; Resistance to change; Systemic therapy; Systems methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747165777     PISSN: 08949859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557914     Document Type: Article

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