Implications of organizational learning for nursing managers from the cultural, interpersonal and systems thinking perspectives

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 196-199

  Chan, Christopher Paul C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural perspective; Interpersonal perspective; Nursing managers; Organizational learning; Systems thinking perspective

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMS THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SYSTEMS THEORY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035468351     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1320-7881.2001.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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