Strategic repositioning in a dynamic environment

Library Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-36

  Chan, Diana L H ^a   Soong, Samson C ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Learning; Libraries; Organizational restructuring; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650434274     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435121111102557     Document Type: Article

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