Assessment of development of the learning organization concept in Jordanian industrial companies

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-474

  Abu Khadra, Marah F ^a   Rawabdeh, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Assessment; Continuous improvement; Jordan; Learning organizations; Organizational performance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746674959     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610679983     Document Type: Review

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