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Beyond the Learning Process and toward the Knowledge Creation Process: Linking Learning and Knowledge in the Supportive Learning Culture
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Yoon, Seung Won; Song, Ji Hoon; Lim, Doo Hun – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
This integrative literature review synthesizes the concepts and process of organizational knowledge creation with theories of individual learning. The knowledge conversion concept (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995; Nonaka, Toyama, & Byosiere, 2001) is used as the basis of the organizational knowledge creation process, while major learning theories relevant…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Processes
A Conceptual Model for Leadership Transition
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Manderscheid, Steven V.; Ardichvili, Alexandre – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
The purpose of this study was to develop a model of leadership transition based on an integrative review of literature. The article establishes a compelling case for focusing on leadership transitions as an area for study and leadership development practitioner intervention. The proposed model in this study identifies important success factors…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Leadership Training, Stress Management, Literature Reviews
The Backyard Human Performance Technologist: Applying the Development Research Methodology to Develop and Validate a New Instructional Design Framework
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Brock, Timothy R. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
Development research methodology (DRM) has been recommended as a viable research approach to expand the practice-to-theory/theory-to-practice literature that human performance technology (HPT) practitioners can integrate into the day-to-day work flow they already use to develop instructional products. However, little has been written about how it…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Performance Technology, Program Development
Transforming the Corporate Training Function through Developing a Training Strategy and Advisory Board: A Longitudinal Case Study
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Kalman, Howard K. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
This study examined use of a strategic planning process to reinvent a corporate training department. The naturalistic case describes how the corporate training function gained credibility and influence with senior management, developed alignment with organizational goals, and began transforming the function into a performance improvement…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Advisory Committees, Industrial Training, Organizational Development
An Investigation of Knowledge-Building Activities in an Online Community of Practice at Subaru of America
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Land, Susan M.; Draper, Darryl C.; Ma, Ziyan; Hsieh, Hsiu-Wei; Smith, Brian K.; Jordan, Robert – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
Current approaches to workplace learning emphasize designing communities of practice that are intended to support both formal and informal knowledge acquisition. This article presents the design and research of a knowledge-based community of practice for Subaru, based on principles outlined by Scardamalia (2002) and Zhang, Scardamalia, Lamon,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Integrated Learning Systems