Response to paper "Systems Thinking" by D. Cabrera et al.: Systems thinking from a critical systems perspective

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Reynolds, Martin ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CABRERA;

EID: 46049090555     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.04.004     Document Type: Note

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