Desperately seeking alignment: Reflections of senior line managers and hrd executives

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-277

  Anderson, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; HRD investment; Measures and metrics; Strategic HRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953288203     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860902982009     Document Type: Article

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