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Developing And Validating A Measure Of Monitoring And Evaluation For The South Africa Skills Development Context

Foundations of Management
Volume 7 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
By: Maelekanyo Christopher Tshilongamulenzhe  
Open Access
|Jan 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2015-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
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Language: English
Page range: 225 - 238
Published on: Jan 6, 2016
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
skills development,
occupational learning,
learnership,
apprenticeship,
monitoring,
evaluation
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Business computing,
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

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