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Zedeck, Sheldon, Ed. – APA Books, 2011
APA Books® announces the "APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology"--the first offering in an new reference series covering core and emerging subdisciplines, the "APA Handbooks in Psychology." I/O Psychology is both a science/practice and an applied/basic research discipline. Appropriately, the "APA…
Descriptors: Industrial Psychology, Guides, Organizational Development, Staff Development
Weldy, Teresa G. – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: This study aims to explore a relationship between the learning organization and transfer of training as strategies for learning and managing knowledge to make performance improvements and gain or maintain a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach: Various similarities are identified in the literature that are indicative of a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Transfer of Training, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Development
Duo, Samuel N. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to understand the role of non-formal education and training in the organizational change process of Civil society organizations (CSOs) in post war Liberia. CSOs are the local foundation for democracy and development in Liberia, and serve a wide range of roles in local communities. For example, in post-war Liberia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, War, Educational Development
Elsdon, Ron – National Career Development Association, 2010
This book explores the perspectives of experienced practitioners, sharing ideas about building and sustaining organizational strength through workforce development practices and systems. As the saying goes, a company's greatest resource is its people. When managers really believe that and work to develop organizational capabilities, productivity,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Labor Force Development, Workplace Learning, Organizational Effectiveness
Massingham, Peter; Diment, Kieren – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between organizational commitment and knowledge management initiatives in developing learning organization capacity (LOC). Design/methodology/approach: This is an empirical study based on a single case study, using partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Findings: The strategic…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Least Squares Statistics, Educational Technology, Case Studies
Ford, Randal – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational practice to investigate what insights could be gained to support and extend existing theory. Design/methodology/approach: Adopts a clinical approach, e.g. not a priori or an academic one where data are mangled to fit a theoretical stance. Findings: Data analysis reveals four…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Work Environment, Organizational Development, Human Resources
Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf; Zouein, Charbel – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to survey the various measurement instruments of the learning organization on offer, leading to the adoption of a tool that was considered most suitable for gauging progress towards the learning organization in two sectors of the Lebanese economy, namely banking and information technology (IT).…
Descriptors: Banking, Systems Approach, Measurement, Information Technology
Jakubik, Maria – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: How people learn and create knowledge together through interactions in communities of practice (CoPs) is not fully understood. The purpose of this paper is to create and apply a model that could increase participants' consciousness about knowledge creation processes. Design/methodology/approach: This four-month qualitative research was…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Action Research, Social Environment, Communities of Practice
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
Jamali, Dima; Sidani, Yusuf – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of a sample of Lebanese organizations vis-a-vis some of the core learning organization dimensions identified in the literature, focusing specifically on those dimensions that are considered most salient and relevant in the Lebanese context. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Questionnaires, Measurement, Factor Analysis
Voronov, Maxim – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to add to the emerging literatures on organizational learning and strategic management by developing a practice perspective on strategic organizational learning (SOL). While the literature on SOL has been growing, much of it has targeted exclusively practitioners and has not yet elaborated the mechanics and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Urban Universities, Educational Change, Politics
Rowold, Jens; Hochholdinger, Sabine; Schilling, Jan – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: Although proposed from theory, the assumption that career-related continuous learning (CRCL) has a positive impact on subsequent job performance has not been tested empirically. The present study aims to close this gap in the literature. A model is derived from theory that predicts a positive impact of CRCL, learning climate, and initial…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Performance, Lifelong Learning, Program Effectiveness

Otala, Matti – Industry and Higher Education, 1995
Key elements of learning organizations are as follows: understanding strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities; open-book management; streamlined processes; team spirit; lifelong learning and skill recycling; and removing anxiety. A learning organization consists of empowered, motivated people committed to improving continuously. (SK)
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Lifelong Learning, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness
Small, Adrian; Sice, Petia; Venus, Tony – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to set out an argument for a way to design, implement and manage IS with an emphasis on first, the learning that can be created through undertaking the approach, and second, the learning that may be created through using the IS that was implemented. The paper proposes joining two areas of research namely,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Information Systems, Methods, Manufacturing
Cooper, Lloyd G. – Training and Development Journal, 1975
The manifesto establishes human resource development as a legitimate professional endeavor. It defines the nature of human resource development in organizational life and creates a significant place for this type of activity in all types of organizations. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Career Development, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness