Achieving organizational learning through team competition

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Szarka, Frank E ^a   Grant, Kevin P ^a   Flannery, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge transfer; Organizational learning; Project competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; TEAM COMPETITION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342563762     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2004.11415235     Document Type: Article

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