Complexity: A frontier for management education

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-315

  Axley, Stephen R ^a   Mcmahon, Timothy R ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

complex adaptive systems; complexity science; management education; mechanism in education; teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990324359     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562905277316     Document Type: Article

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