Carolina QuotesA business man once stated that there is nothing so practical as a good theory.
Kurt Zadek Lewin Connected to the Carolinas
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Lewin (1943, 118), as cited in Karl E. Weick, "Theory and practice in the real world." in: The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory, Tsoukas et al. (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 460; Also in Lewin, K. (1951). Field theory in social science: Selected theoretical papers (D. Cartwright, Ed.). New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, p. 169.
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- 1943
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- p. 460
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