Strategies for transforming human service organizations into learning organizations: Knowledge management and the transfer of learning

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 569-596

  Austin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Knowledge management; Learning organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 61949457685     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15433710802084326     Document Type: Article

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