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SAP-LAP Linkages — A Generic Interpretive Framework for Analyzing Managerial Contexts

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The implementation of flexible systems management paradigm can be facilitated by SAP-LAP (Situation, Actor, Process, Learning, Action, Performance) framework and SAP-LAP models. The SAP-LAP models in vogue are atomic or naive models. In these models, the components of SAP-LAP are treated in isolation. This paper presents a generic framework to identify SAP-LAP linkages and develop models of managerial contexts taking into consideration various interrelationships along with their interpretation. The integrated framework is presented using self-interaction, cross-interaction and assessment matrices.

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Sushil SAP-LAP Linkages — A Generic Interpretive Framework for Analyzing Managerial Contexts. Global J. Flexible Syst. Manage. 10, 11–20 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03396558

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