The role of GDSS in scenario development and strategy making

String Processing and Information Retrieval Symposium and International Workshop on Groupware, SPIRE 1999 and CRIWG 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 234-242

  Eden, Colin ^a   Ackermann, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; SCENARIO PLANNING; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC CHANGES; STRATEGIC THINKING;

PLANNING;

EID: 33749631363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPIRE.1999.796600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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