Teaching to learn in the workplace: Moving from industrial pedagogy to andragogical gemba

International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Rowland Jones, Rhys ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Action learning; Action modalities; Andragogy; Gemba; Kaizen; Learning organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises; Total quality management; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161407     PISSN: 1756669X     EISSN: 17566703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17566691211288340     Document Type: Article

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