From monitoring to learning: A conceptual framework

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1037-1051

  Wong, Peter Shek Pui ^a   Cheung, Sai On ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; HOLISTIC MANNER; LEARNING OPPORTUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROJECT MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK;

CONTRACTORS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84861078228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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