Are learning organizations pragmatic?

Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-485

  Cavaleri, Steven A ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Pragmatism; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249124743     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810907383     Document Type: Article

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