The design, development, and validation of a knowledge-based organizational learning support system

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-152

  Hine, Michael J ^a,b   Goul, Michael ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Monster Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Association for Information Systems

Author keywords

Knowledge based decision support systems; Organizational decision support systems; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223753     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518211     Document Type: Article

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