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Does Organizational Learning Lead to Higher Firm Performance? An Investigation of Chinese Listing Companies
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Zhou, Wencang; Hu, Huajing; Shi, Xuli – Learning Organization, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for studying organizational learning, firm innovation and firm financial performance. Design/methodology/approach: This paper examines the effects of organizational learning on innovation and performance among 287 listed Chinese companies. Findings: The results indicate a positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Organizational Development, Innovation
The Role of Facilitators in Project Action Learning Implementation
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Cao, Rui; Chuah, Kong Bieng; Chao, Yiu Chung; Kwong, Kar Fai; Law, Mo Yin – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper addresses the importance of a more proactive role of organizational learning (OL) facilitators, learning motivation reinforcer, through a two-part longitudinal study in a case company. The first part of this study aims to investigate and analyze some unexpected challenges in the project action learning-driven (PAL) OL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Experiential Learning, Partnerships in Education
Navigating Change into the New Millennium: Themes and Issues for the Learning Organization.
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Grieves, Jim – Learning Organization, 2000
Postmodern organizations are driven by a new set of expectations. Organizational development increasingly involves interventions based on human resource development and learning organizations. Line managers are expected to be change agents who are aware of the external environment and know how to realign internal characteristics to adjust to…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Intervention, Labor Force Development, Learning Processes
Doing Knowledge Management
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Firestone, Joseph M.; McElroy, Mark W. – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: Knowledge management (KM) as a field has been characterized by great confusion about its conceptual foundations and scope, much to the detriment of assessments of its impact and track record. The purpose of this paper is to contribute toward defining the scope of KM and ending the confusion, by presenting a conceptual framework and set of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Problem Solving, Quality Control, Strategic Planning
Change In(ter)Ventions to Organizational Learning: Bravo to Leaders as Unifying Agents
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Yeo, Roland K. – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between change interventions and organizational learning. It seeks to identify the process through which team learning is developed, the factors that affect organizational learning and its influences on organizational effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach: Two groups of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Manufacturing Industry, Qualitative Research
Assessing Change: Can Organizational Learning "Work" for Schools?
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Austin, Manila S.; Harkins, Debra A. – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the effectiveness and practical utility of an organizational learning intervention for an organization that was not progressive, was not specifically chartered as a learning organization, and was situated in an urban, culturally diverse, and under-privileged community. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Intervention, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate