The challenges of adopting the learning organisation philosophy in a Singapore school

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-152

  Retna, Kala S ^a   Tee, Ng Pak ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Culture; Learning organizations; Schools; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644915575     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540610646127     Document Type: Article

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