The productivity and skills challenge

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Giles, Lesley ^a   Campbell, Mike ^a  

^a Sector Skills Development Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee development; Organizational performance; Productivity; Skills; Skills shortages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745836250     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197850310470311     Document Type: Article

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