Practical methods for extracting explicit design rules grounded in the experience of organizational managers

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-170

  Plsek, Paul ^a   Bibby, Joanna ^b   Whitby, Elaine ^c  

^a Paul E Plsek and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Calderdale Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Greater Manchester Primary Care Trusts ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Design rules; Health care; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847283354     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886306297013     Document Type: Article

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