Facilitation practices in decision workshops

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 614-632

  Papamichail, K N ^a   Alves, G ^a   French, S ^a   Yang, J B ^a   Snowdon, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision workshops; Facilitation; Problem structuring methods; Soft OR

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DECISION WORKSHOPS; PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34247140900     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602373     Document Type: Article

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