Business-focused evaluation: A case study of a collaborative model

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-56

  Stead, Valerie ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Evaluation; Integration; Model; Organization; Strategic

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949121275     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886022000032372     Document Type: Article

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