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Volume 8, Issue 4
1 July 1995
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Case Report| July 01 1995

A product improvement case study using systems modelling Available to Purchase

David A. Corben;
David A. Corben
Stirling University, Stirling, UK
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Eric F. Wolstenholme;
Eric F. Wolstenholme
Professor of Twenty‐first Century Business Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
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Richard W. Stevenson
Richard W. Stevenson
Consultant with Cognitus Ltd, Harrogate, UK
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6011
Print ISSN: 0953-3230
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Executive Development (1995) 8 (4): 32–36.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09533239510089535

Presents a case study in systems modelling for product improvement in a large manufacturing company. Summarizes the background to and purpose of systems modelling as a change management tool as a prelude to introducing the case and its use in understanding a particular paradox.

Keywords:
BPR, Models, Product development, Systems development
© MCB UP Limited
1995
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