Diagnosing learning in project organizations

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-94

  Ellis, Shmuel ^a   Globerson, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge creation; Learning; Organizational learning; Project organizations

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

KNOWLEDGE CREATION; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030174533     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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