The hidden potential of organisational planning: matching Alexander's theory of patterns to practice

Generally, it is true of people that they will look for patterns and attach meaning to the patterns they find. Alexander et al. (1977) originally conceived the concept of pattern languages within the architecture community and since the early 1990s patterning has been used widely to document softwa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dickie, Carolyn, Forde, Patrick
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Irish Academy of Management 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11344