The power of professionally situated practice analysis in redesigning organisations: A psychosociological approach

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 538-554

  Scaratti, Giuseppe ^a   Gorli, Mara ^a   Ripamonti, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Organizational change; Self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350266225     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620910985531     Document Type: Article

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