Capturing the competence of management consulting work

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-260

  Visscher, Klaasjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Management consultancy; Professional education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646888166     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620610665845     Document Type: Article

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