Toward Fostering Systems Learning in Organizational Contexts

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-343

  Hwang, Ahn Sook ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Instructional strategy; Management education; Social constructivism; Systems learning; Systems pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378715     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009563010876     Document Type: Article

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