The failure of competence-based management education in the public sector: A problem of generic transfer or implementation?

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-60

  Boyett, Inger ^a   Currie, Graeme ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Further education; Management education; Management styles; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842687916     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110380136     Document Type: Article

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