The “MATE” model: A strategic knowledge management technique on the chessboard of public-sector modernization

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-88

  Sotirakou, Tatiana ^a   Zeppou, Mary ^a  

^a National Centre of Public Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Organizational change; Public sector reform; Strategic management; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974185     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410504430     Document Type: Article

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