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Kakkar, Shiva – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: Paradox theory looks at ambidexterity as a set of paradoxical yet interrelated demands. A form of response to such paradoxes is transcendence. Currently, there is limited understanding of the concept among researchers. Using concepts from the Indian philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, this paper aims to provide a deeper understanding of…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Philosophy, Business Administration, Organizational Theories
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Bogolyubov, Pavel – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an overview of the history, the present and the future or the learning organization as a concept and a practical approach, from the perspective of Professor John Burgoyne. Design/methodology/approach: This conversation piece follows the development of the concept from its early days into the current debates and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, Organizational Change, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Finnestrand, Hanne – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how the Nordic model, featuring highly regulated trade union-employer collaboration, has enabled the building of learning organizations through a co-generative learning model involving both practitioners and action researchers. Design/methodology/approach: A literature search on the Nordic sociotechnical…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Unions, Employers, Cooperation
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Bouchard, Veronique; del Forno, Leon – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: Management practices and education are presently in a stage of reappraisal and a growing number of scholars and experts are suggesting that managers should be taught and adopt the approach and methodologies of designers. The purpose of this paper is to imagine the impact of this move and to try and foresee whether "management as design"…
Descriptors: Design, Business Administration, Adoption (Ideas)
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Collen, Arne – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to expound the view that knowledge of a special kind, which the author terms open knowledge, has a central place in the conduct of human activities at the global level. Design/methodology/approach: The author advances the concept of open knowledge in a global context by examining key constructs in the field,…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Global Approach, Administration, Learning
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Zanotti, Francesco – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The aim of this contribution is to describe a new methodology for designing strategic plans and how it was implemented by ATM, a public transportation agency based in Milan, Italy. Design/methodology/approach: This methodology is founded on a new system theory, called "quantum systemics". It is based on models and metaphors both…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Methods, Systems Approach, Business Administration
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Bonometti, Patrizia – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The aim of this contribution is to describe a new complexity-science-based approach for improving safety, quality and efficiency and the way it was implemented by TenarisDalmine. Design/methodology/approach: This methodology is called "a safety-building community". It consists of a safety-behaviour social self-construction…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Occupational Safety and Health, Change, Business Administration
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Leacock, Tracey – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide details on Simon Fraser University's new School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) approach to creating a culture that supports rapid development of high-quality e-learning materials, why it has been successful, and what has been learned. Design/methodology/approach: Describes how, over a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Learning Strategies, Program Administration