Managerial skills: What has changed since the late 1980s

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-181

  Gentry, William A ^a   Harris, Lauren S ^b   Baker, Becca A ^c   Leslie, Jean Brittain ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c JCPenney Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Management skills; Operations management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749112722     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810852506     Document Type: Article

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