Systems Thinking and Sustainability in Organisations
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چکیده
منابع مشابه
Thinking systems , sustainability and corporate responsibility
Understanding the systemic nature of the economic, social and environmental challenges we face today is an integral part of developing solutions for progressing towards sustainability. Yet there remains much confusion around how to define and understand systems, and much more around the notion of ‘systems thinking’. In recognition of this, the Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise (APC...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Organisational Transformation & Social Change
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1477-9633,2040-056X
DOI: 10.1179/1477963314z.00000000036