Teaching strategic thinking using system dynamics: Lessons from a strategic development course

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-45

  Kunc, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; STUDENT; TEACHING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84857367177     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.471     Document Type: Article

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