Business driven action learning: Global best practices

Business Driven Action Learning: Global Best Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-264

  Boshyk, Yury ^a,b  

^a Theseus International Management Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 85015577427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230285866     Document Type: Book

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