On differences between organizational learning and learning organization

The Learning Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 125-133

  Örtenblad, Anders ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning; Learning organization; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159942     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470110391211     Document Type: Article

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