Action reflection learning; solving real business problems by connecting learning with earning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9780891062400

Action reflection learning; solving real business problems by connecting learning with earning.

Rimanoczy, Isabel and Ernie Turner.

Davies-Black Publishing

2008

253 pages

$36.95

Hardcover

LC5225

Leadership coaches Rimanoczy and Turner draw on adult learning theory and action learning methodology ...

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