Barriers to learning: Conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-103

  Grieves, Jim ^a   McMillan, Janice ^b   Wilding, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to learning; Ideology; Learning environment; Organisational culture; Organisational defence routines; Organisational efficiency and effectiveness; Organisational Learning (OL); Organisational structure; Philosophy and mental models; Strategic Human Resource Development (SHRD); Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646343197     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2006.009212     Document Type: Article

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