Between exchange and development: Organizational learning in schools through inter-organizational networks

Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-85

  Schulz, Klaus Peter ^a   Geithner, Silke ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Learning; Learning organizations; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349113609     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011008251     Document Type: Article

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