Decision making in the fragmented organisation: A utility perspective

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 461-469

  Henderson, Joan ^a   Mcadam, Rodney ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evaluation; Network organization; Operations; Organizational change; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078031     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740110397587     Document Type: Article

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