Exploring strategic maturity in HRD – rhetoric, aspiration or reality?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 425-426

  McCracken, Martin ^a   Wallace, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Human resource development; Learning organizations; Partnering; Strategic management; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156147     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590010354344     Document Type: Article

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