Assessing change: Can organizational learning “work” for schools?

The Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-125

  Austin, Manila S ^a   Harkins, Debra A ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Learning organizations; Performance measures; Schools; United States of America; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749094102     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810852302     Document Type: Article

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