Can management be taught?: If so, what should management education curricula include and how should the process be approached?

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue , 2004, Pages 439-453

  Elmuti, Dean ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Learning; Managers; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992958030     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410523240     Document Type: Article

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