Toward a holistic theory of strategic problem solving

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 103-120

  O’Loughlin, Andrew ^a   Mcfadzean, Elspeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Models; Paradigms; Problem solving; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180655     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527599910279470     Document Type: Article

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