Complexity and management: A pluralistic view

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 366-384

  Richardson, Kurt A ^a  

^a Exploratory Solutions ^*  (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n21     Document Type: Chapter

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