Local government organisation on its journey to becoming a learning organisation

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-402

  Sharma, Bishnu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Employees; Empowerment; Organizational culture; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744458756     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150510609417     Document Type: Article

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