Organizational Learning
Lank E
People Management, (UK), 19 Feb 98 (4/4)
Start page: 40 No of pages: 3
Profiles how ICL, the UK computer firm, has approached organizational learning and knowledge management in its worldwide businesses. Focuses on the internal information services available to employees, describing how the organization has set up a project called Project Vik (Valuing ICL Knowledge) to create a global information service, Cafe Vik, using ICL’s intranet. 

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