Towards integrated management decisions

Education + Training

Volumn 41, Issue , 1999, Pages 305-312

  Zhu, Zhichang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confucianism; Decision making; Goals; Integration; Learning; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172576     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400919910285354     Document Type: Article

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