Creating learning organizations: A systems perspective

Learning Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-227

  Bui, Hong ^a   Baruch, Yehuda ^b  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951568295     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471011034919     Document Type: Article

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