An innovative "cybernetic" organization improvement plan through participatory action research in persistent "open source" virtual worlds

Information Systems and Technology for Organizations in a Networked Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 107-129

  Pellas, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH; VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL; VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84903763708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4062-7.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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