Reflecting on scenario practice: The contribution of a soft systems perspective

Business Planning for Turbulent Times: New Methods for Applying Scenarios

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-64

  Lang, Trudi ^a   Allen, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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