Managing learning: What do we learn from a learning organisation?

The Learning Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Mchugh, David ^a   Groves, Deborah ^a   Alker, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Learning organizations; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106118     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696479810238215     Document Type: Article

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