Pragmatism and rationalism in the development of management science methodologies in the UK and France

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-444

  Paucar Caceres, Alberto ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultancy; Hard systems; Management science; Philosophy of OR; Pragmatism; Rationalism; Soft systems; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONSULTANCY; PHILOSOPHY OF OR; PRAGMATISM; RATIONALISM; SOFT SYSTEMS;

SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 67650593869     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.956     Document Type: Article

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