The application of Action Learning and Action Research in collaborative improvement within the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise

Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management: In Collaboration with Magnus Westhaus

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 365-380

  Middel Ir , Rick ^a   Brennan, Louis ^b   Coghlan, David ^b   Coughlan, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action Learning; Action Research; Collaborative Improvement; Extended Manufacturing Enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892077079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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