Systemic design for improving team learning climate and capability: A case study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 727-740

  Yang, Jen Shou ^a   Chen, Chin Y I ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Systemic training programme; Team learning capability; Team learning climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344452061     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500077658     Document Type: Article

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