Evaluating organisation core competences and associated personal competencies using analytical hierarchy process

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 530-547

  Hafeez, Khalid ^a   Essmail, Essmail Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Competences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992924991     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710773689     Document Type: Article

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