The concept of action learning

The Learning Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 114-124

  Zuber Skerritt, Ortrun ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b International Management Centres Association (IMCA)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Experiential learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018762     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470210428831     Document Type: Article

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