Complexity theory and organization procedure design

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-402

  Brodbeck, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motivation; Procedures; Working capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172370     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150210435026     Document Type: Article

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