Supporting organizational learning: A comparative approach to evaluation in action research

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-176

  Livesey, Heather ^a   Challender, Shelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mount Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Change; Organizational learning; Primary care; Project evaluation; Teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEARNING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036581166     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.2002.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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