Complex Thinking, Complex Practice: The Case for a Narrative Approach to Organizational Complexity

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Human Relations

• Publication date

  2001-08-01

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/0018726701548001
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