Application of grey theory approach to evaluation of organizational vision

Grey Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-46

  Rahimnia, Fariborz ^a   Moghadasian, Mahdi ^a   Mashreghi, Ebrahim ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Decision making; Strategic objectives; Systems theory; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155214433     PISSN: 20439377     EISSN: 20439385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20439371111106713     Document Type: Article

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