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McKenzie, Jane; Varney, Sharon – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to consider middle managers' influence on organizational learning by exploring how they cope with demands and tensions in their role and whether their practice affects available team energy. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 43 managers from three large organizations involved in major change assessed their group's…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Workplace Learning, Coping, Administrator Attitudes
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Anderson, Jane; Sice, Petia – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of the learning process in practice and explores the case of a local authority school Pilot Wellbeing Programme (PWP) intervention. The aim of the PWP was to create the best workplace conditions and circumstances for people to flourish and mature, both individually and…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Pilot Projects, Well Being, Intervention
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Field, Laurie – Learning Organization, 2011
Purpose: In an effort to better understand the political dimensions of organizational learning, this paper aims to examine learning processes in an organizational context--namely renegotiation of pay and performance management arrangements--where the interests of organizational members are threatened. Design/methodology/approach: Data were derived…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Personnel Evaluation, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Osterberg, Peter – Learning Organization, 2004
It is proposed that to reach a state of generative learning, an organization requires a "generative learning manager": a person who understands the importance of development and directing of knowledge. The purpose of this study was, therefore, both to explain mechanisms like knowledge distribution, goal setting and symbolic convergence from a…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Administrators, Administrator Role, Cognitive Psychology