Knowledge to manage the knowledge society

Learning Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-370

  Minati, Gianfranco ^a  

^a Italian Systems Society   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coherence; Complexity; Constructivism; Emergence; Knowledge; Language; Learning; Management; Model; Observer; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861305466     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471211226707     Document Type: Article

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