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Organizations Are People: Reflections, Obstacles and Learning Opportunities
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Robinson, Graham – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to place the idea of the learning organization in a historical, multidisciplinary context with the aim of identifying obstacles and opportunities for its greater realization in practice. Design/methodology/approach: Marking the 30th anniversary of publication of Peter Senge's "The Fifth Discipline",…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Barriers, Opportunities, Organizational Theories
The Importance of Organizational Learning for Organizational Sustainability
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Smith, Peter A. C. – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This Special Issue is intended to heighten awareness of the importance of organizational learning in addressing the demands of organizational sustainability, and in particular triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability. A definition of TBL sustainability is provided, together with an exploration of the practical issues relevant to adopting…
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture, Learning
Revisiting the Roots of Learning Organization: A Synthesis of the Learning Organization Literature
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Yeo, Roland K. – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: This paper aims to provide a literature synthesis of the learning organization and discuss several pertinent theoretical concepts on the subject. Design/methodology/approach: A range of works mainly from 1990-2004, which aim at providing a variety of perspectives on the learning organization, have been analyzed and discussed based on its…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Learning Processes, Organizational Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Organizational Learning vs the Learning Organization: A Conversation with a Practitioner
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Gorelick, Carol – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: Through a conversation with a practitioner, aims to understand the definitions given to the learning organization and how they relate to a model of organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: Provides a brief overview of a conversation concerning organizational learning vs the learning organization. Findings: Organizational…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Learning Processes, Learning, Organizational Development
Collective Learning: A Way over the Ridge to a New Organizational Attractor
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Backstrom, Tomas – Learning Organization, 2004
A theoretical model of collective learning has been developed based on complex systems theory. The need for collective learning is illustrated by an empirical study of an "unsuccessful" organizational-renewal project in a Swedish Telecom firm. The conclusion, using chaordic systems thinking as a diagnostic framework, is that its interior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Telecommunications, Models
Reconciling the Rigor-Relevance Dilemma in Intellectual Capital Research
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Andriessen, Daniel – Learning Organization, 2004
This paper raises the issue of research methodology for intellectual capital and other types of management research by focusing on the dilemma of rigour versus relevance. The more traditional explanatory approach to research often leads to rigorous results that are not of much help to solve practical problems. This paper describes an alternative…
Descriptors: Administration, Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Social Networks