Strategy as Order Emerging from Chaos: A Public Sector Experience

Long Range Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 574-593

  McMillan, Elizabeth ^a   Carlisle, Ysanne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 36348973999     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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