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A process model is a device borrowed from basic science where it is often used to describe the form, matter and motion of phenomena in a flow-of-events style (e.g., Bohr’s model of the atom, Crick and Watson’s model of the DNA molecule). In an organizational context, a process model would describe how things are decided and done by people and groups.
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Hall, R.I. (1989). An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Buiding a Process Model of Management Policy Making. In: Jackson, M.C., Keys, P., Cropper, S.A. (eds) Operational Research and the Social Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0789-1_65
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