Cycles and diamonds: How management consultants diverge and converge in organization design processes

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Visscher, Klaasjan ^a   Fisscher, Olaf A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77952909803     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2009.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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