Organisational knowledge creation and the commercialisation of State mail service

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 373-392

  Mir, M ^a   Rahaman, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Development; Knowledge; Self managing teams

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 0042090529     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550310489313     Document Type: Article

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