Problems as building blocks for organizational learning: A roadmap for experiential inquiry

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-275

  Yeo, Roland K ^a   Marquardt, Michael J ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double loop learning; Organizational learning; Problem based learning; Singapore; Situated practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952506799     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601110369729     Document Type: Article

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