From rhetoric to reality: An Enquiry into KM initiatives in an organisation of higher learning

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Pillai, Sumit ^a   Gupta, Rajen K ^a   Saxena, K B C ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

knowledge; Knowledge management; knowledge management systems; knowledge sharing; learning; learning organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892168023     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649208002032     Document Type: Article

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