Swift and smart decision making: Heuristics that work

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-358

  Hoy, Wayne K ^a   Tarter, C J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Leaders; Problem solving; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951983126     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513541011045272     Document Type: Article

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