Systems thinking: A case for second-order-learning

The Learning Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 473-479

  Smith, Peter ^a   Gharajedaghi, Jamshid ^b  

^a Bryn Mawr ^*

^b Interact   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Design; Learning; Systems analysis, Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848915533     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470710825088     Document Type: Article

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