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Learning Organizational Ambidexterity: A Joint-Variance Synthesis of Exploration-Exploitation Modes on Performance
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Kerry, Matthew James; DeSimone, Justin A. – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reexamine exploration-exploitation's reciprocality in organizational ambidexterity (OA) research. OA figures prominently in a variety of organization science phenomena. Introduced as a two-stage model for innovation, theory specifies reciprocal reinforcement between the OA processes of exploration (eR) and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Organizational Theories, Performance, Learning
Managers and Organizational Forgetting: A Synthesis
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Mariano, Stefania; Casey, Andrea; Olivera, Fernando – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate how managers influence accidental and intentional organizational forgetting, i.e. knowledge depreciation, knowledge loss and unlearning. Design/methodology/approach: The literature was reviewed based on predetermined search terms to identify peer-reviewed articles published in English and available in full-text…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Influences, Leadership Effectiveness, Underachievement
Using Cognitive Conflict to Promote the Use of Dialectical Learning for Strategic Decision-Makers
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Woods, Jeffrey G. – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model that uses dialectical inquiry (DI) to create cognitive conflict in strategic decision-makers for the purpose of improving strategic decisions. Activation of the dialectical learning process using DI requires strategic decision-makers to integrate conflicting information causing…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Decision Making Skills, Conflict, Learning Processes
New Tools for Learning: A Case of Organizational Problem Analysis Derived from Debriefing Records in a Medical Center
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Holzmann, Vered; Mischari, Shoshana; Goldberg, Shoshana; Ziv, Amitai – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This article aims to present a unique systematic and validated method for creating a linkage between past experiences and management of future occurrences in an organization. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on actual data accumulated in a series of projects performed in a major medical center. Qualitative and quantitative…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Hospitals, Knowledge Management, Identification
Sociotechnical Walkthrough: A Means for Knowledge Integration
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Herrmann, Thomas; Loser, Kai-Uwe; Jahnke, Isa – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to show that for the successful development of socio-technical systems it is essential that various stakeholders are able to integrate their different knowledge and perspectives. A method that supports knowledge integration in the course of introduction and development of socio-technical systems is the…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Success, Context Effect, Technology
Organizational Learning, Tacit Information, and E-Learning: A Review
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Falconer, Liz – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce and develop the argument that e-learning technologies and techniques can play a pivotal role in encouraging and facilitating organizational learning, by transforming tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge and diffusing it throughout the organization. Design/methodology/approach: By synthesising…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Information Technology, Organizational Development, Synthesis
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