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Volume 5, Issue 5
1 October 1992
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Research Article| October 01 1992

GETTING THE BEST FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS Available to Purchase

Wendy Yeadon
Wendy Yeadon
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-8219
Print ISSN: 0962-2519
© MCB UP Limited
1992
Management Development Review (1992) 5 (5)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000700

Argues that teamwork involved in such outdoor pursuits as rafting,treasure hunts and abseiling, etc. can only strengthen and improve the organizational health of companies – if used as a strategically controlled training diet.

Keywords:
Management development, Organizational performance, Outdoor development, Vocational training, Group working
© MCB UP Limited
1992
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