Microworld development: Transforming tacit knowledge into action

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-97

  Fischer, Mathias ^a   Barnabè, Federico ^b  

^a MFSolutions Strategy and Simulation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical company; Common understanding; Group model building; Knowledge elicitation; Learning environment; Microworld; Organizational learning; Production process; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649115456     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878107308076     Document Type: Article

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