Why learning organisations do not transform

Learning Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-56

  Blackman, Deborah ^a   Henderson, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organizations, Organizational change, Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644375630     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470510574250     Document Type: Article

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