Corporate elearning: Human resource development implications for large and small organizations

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-427

  Brown, Liam ^a   Murphy, Eamonn ^a   Wade, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competitiveness improvement; Education; ELearning; Lean; Organisation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014678171     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860600893607     Document Type: Article

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