A response to Snell the learning organization: Fact or fiction?

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-359

  Salaman, Graeme ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organization; Organization; Organizational cognition; Organizational cultures; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039840068     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701543004     Document Type: Article

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