Quality management practices and the link to potential learning outcomes within the Australian retail sector

The Learning Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 176-185

  Morrison, Michael ^a   Terziovski, Milé ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Learning; Management techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104125     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470110397648     Document Type: Article

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