The alchemy of action learning

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-225

  West, Penny ^a   Choueke, Richard ^b  

^a Co ordinator for Full time Programmes ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Leisure and Law ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Change; Management; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104171     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310478148     Document Type: Article

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