Managerial effectiveness from a system theoretical point of view

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-459

  Georgiou, Ion ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decision making; Managerial effectiveness; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845397152     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-006-9035-3     Document Type: Article

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