Learning organizations: the measurement of company performance

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-44

  Leitch, Claire ^a   Harrison, Richard ^a   Burgoyne, John ^b   Blantern, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c The Learning Company Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Organizational development; Organizational performance; Small to medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132917     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090599610105264     Document Type: Article

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