Fifty years of systems thinking for management

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Jackson, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Methodology; Philosophy; Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

COMPLEXITY; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; METHODOLOGY; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL TERMS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 64749116762     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.176     Document Type: Article

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