Complex adaptive systems as metaphors for organizational management

Learning Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-498

  Palmberg, Klara ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems theory; Case studies; Chaos theory; Complexity theory; Metaphors; Network synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350325437     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470910993954     Document Type: Article

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