Back to the workplace. How organisations can improve their support for management learning and development

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-255

  Belling, Ruth ^a   James, Kim ^b   Ladkin, Donna ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilitators; Learning processes; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444495851     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710410524104     Document Type: Article

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