Healthcare and the learning service

The Learning Organization

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 88-98

  Grieves, Jim ^a   Mathews, Brian P ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Health care; National Health Service; Organizational learning; Quality; Service industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950117547     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696479710182768     Document Type: Article

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