Descriptor
Source
| Learning Organization | 5 |
Author
| Backstrom, Tomas | 1 |
| Cavaleri, Steven A. | 1 |
| Gorelick, Carol | 1 |
| Putnik, Goran D. | 1 |
| Tantawy-Monsou, Brigitte | 1 |
| Yeo, Roland K. | 1 |
| van Eijnatten, Frans M. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Education | 5 |
Audience
Location
| Sweden | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkYeo, 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
Cavaleri, Steven A. – Learning Organization, 2004
Knowledge management continues to evolve as a discipline, yet even basic features that define a discipline have to be established. Developing a shared understanding of core concepts, such as the meaning of "knowledge", has been elusive in this field. In the absence of reaching a universal definition, surrogates for knowledge are adopted because of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Management Systems, Theory Practice Relationship, Experiential Learning
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
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
