Designing a quality action learning process for managers

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 100-110

  Ainslie, Molly ^a   Wills, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Internet; Managers; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116741     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665629710164913     Document Type: Article

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