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Mariano, Stefania; Casey, Andrea; Oliveira, Fernando – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this two-part paper is to provide a summary of current research opportunities in organizational forgetting literature and a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach: The summary of current research opportunities and future research agenda is drawn from the systematic literature review and synthesis reported in…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Memory, Knowledge Management, Research Needs
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Flood, Robert L.; Romm, Norma R. A. – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to introduce a systemic approach to organizational learning "triple loop learning" (TLL) that addresses processes of power. Three equally important foci in our TLL are processes of design, processes of debate and processes of power. The focus on power aims to shift "power over" (power as…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Organizational Culture, Learning, Systems Approach
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Field, Laurie – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to use critical theorist Jürgen Habermas's conceptualization of the relationship between knowledge and interests to better understand the role of common and competing interests during organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on critical accounts of work and learning, and on Habermas's…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Power Structure, Conflict of Interest, Workplace Learning
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Flood, Robert L.; Romm, Norma R. A. – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to give practical insights into the systemic approach to organizational learning "triple loop learning" (TLL; introduced in Part I) by reflecting on a facilitated research-and-intervention undertaken in South Africa as part of the "500 Schools Project". Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Organizational Culture, Learning, Systems Approach
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Filstad, Cathrine; Simeonova, Boyka; Visser, Max – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the crossing of knowledge and power boundaries within a bureaucratic organization by using enterprise social media (ESM). (Carlile's 2002) boundary crossing framework is used to guide this research. Design/methodology/approach: This is a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Administrative Organization, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
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Newman, Nadine; Newman, Dunstan – Learning Organization, 2015
Purpose: The paper aims to focus on the issues relating to the concepts of knowledge management (KM) and the learning organization and discusses the relationship between these concepts and the issues of power and control. It looks at Coopey's (1998) critical review of the "Foucauldian gloom" with regard to the learning organization and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Organizational Culture, Power Structure, Organizations (Groups)
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De Loo, Ivo – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: To highlight the relevance of management control in action learning programs that aim to foster organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: Literature review plus case study. The latter consists of archival analysis and multiple interviews. Findings: When action learning programs are built around singular learning experiences,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Administrators, Organizations (Groups)