Developing communicative competencies for a learning organization

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-212

  Frahm, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication skills; Individual development; Learning organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745870500     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710610648141     Document Type: Article

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