Continuing professional development and workplace learning 8: Human resource development – the return on the investment

Library Management

Volumn 25, Issue , 2004, Pages 232-234

  Smith, Ian ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Human resource development; Return on investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089900     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120410533837     Document Type: Article

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