From bureaucratic organizations to learning organizations: An evolutionary roadmap

The Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Jamali, D ^a   Khoury, G ^a   Sahyoun, H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745084293     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610667724     Document Type: Review

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