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Direct linkReese, Simon – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an overview of the development of learning organization concepts from the perspective of Dr. Peter Senge and presents an interesting evolution of his systems oriented view of the learning organization field over three decades. Design/methodology/approach: Through a conversation with a thought leading scholar,…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Systems Approach, Group Dynamics, Learning Theories
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
Stephens, Alan A.; Atwater, J. Brian; Kannan, Vijay R. – Learning Organization, 2013
Purpose: The collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market parallels several earlier failures within the financial services sector, begging the question why the lessons of past failures were not learned. Throughout history from the tulip bulb crisis of the 1600s to the most recent economic crisis, decision-makers keep making the same mistakes. This…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Failure, Decision Making, Systems Approach
Smith, Peter A. C.; Sharicz, Carol Ann – Learning Organization, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assist an organization to restructure as a bi-modal organization in order to achieve sustainability in today's highly complex business world. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is conceptual and is based on relevant literature and the authors' research and practice. Findings: Although fluid…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Social Networks, Sustainability, Organizations (Groups)
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
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
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
Bui, Hong; Baruch, Yehuda – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer an application of a system model for Senge's five disciplines in higher education (HE) institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The paper utilizes a conceptual framework for the analysis of antecedents and outcomes of Senge's five disciplines, focusing on specific factors unique to the HE sector.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Causal Models, Interdisciplinary Approach, Systems Approach
Bui, Hong; Baruch, Yehuda – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer a theoretical contribution to explicate the various factors and aspects that influence Senge's five disciplines and their outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: The paper develops a conceptual framework for the analysis of antecedents and outcomes of Senge's five disciplines, and offers moderators to…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Organizational Development, Learning, Workplace Learning
van Eijnatten, Frans M.; Putnik, Goran D. – Learning Organization, 2004
The European Chaos and Complexity in Organizations Network (ECCON) held its Third Annual Meeting in Guimaraes, Portugal, June 2003, at the very same spot where the First Business Excellence conference was organized. As an outcome of that meeting, this TLO special brings together six ECCON members around the theme of "Chaordic Systems Thinking"…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Learning, Organizations (Groups)
van Eijnatten, Frans M. – Learning Organization, 2004
This contribution suggests a conceptual framework for using complexity to understand human interactions in learning organizations. The particular lens adopted for this purpose is that of the Chaos perspective. The following general concepts are described: discontinuous growth, attractors: their basins and landscapes, the chaordic properties of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Models, Interaction, Learning
van Eijnatten, Frans M.; Putnik, Goran D. – Learning Organization, 2004
In order to set the stage for this special issue, the prime concepts are defined: i.e. "chaos," "complexity," "learning" (individual and organizational), "learning organization," and "chaordic enterprise". Also, several chaos-and-complexity-related definitions of learning and learning organizations are provided. Next, the guest editors' main…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Learning, Organizations (Groups), Business
Putnik, Goran D.; van Eijnatten, Frans M. – Learning Organization, 2004
In this concluding paper the guest editors reflect on the contents of this special issue, and give some suggestions for future use of the CST framework. An interesting disclosure is that in chaos-and-complexity research the unit of measurement is not the individual human being, but the collective (i.e. dyad, team, or group), seen as a holon.…
Descriptors: Governance, Systems Approach, Cognitive Structures, Cooperative Learning
Gorelick, Carol; Tantawy-Monsou, Brigitte – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: This paper proposes that knowledge management is a system that integrates people, process and technology for sustainable results by increasing performance through learning. Definitions of knowledge, knowledge management and performance serve as a foundation. Design/methodology/approach: The model for the knowledge era proposed in this…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Learning, Systems Approach, Models
