Management standards/NVQs and business benefits: The need for empirical evidence and an evaluation framework to provide it

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 35-48

  Loan Clarke, John ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Management Charter Initiative; Management development; National vocational qualifications; Organizational performance; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346022003     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719610116809     Document Type: Article

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