Complexity, organizations and change

Complexity, Organizations and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-193

  McMillan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203507124     Document Type: Book

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