ISBN:
0761959165
,
0761959157
,
9780761959151
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 247 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization : Developments in Theory and Practice
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Organizational effectiveness
;
Organizational learning
Abstract:
`The introduction chaper by Mark Easterby-Smith and Luis Araujo introduces the reader to the unresolved issues with which the field is still grappling today.. All in all, this is an interesting and useful book for both researcher and manager alike. First, and perhaps most importantly, the book incorporates multiple perspectives on learning - the psychological, sociological and the philosophical.. Second, the book is neither purely theory driven, nor purely empirically driven. Theoretical contributions are complemented by empirical studies which help to illustrate the application of the theoret
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; 1 - Organizational Learning: Current Debates and Opportunities; Part I: Review and Critiques; 2 - Organizational Learning - Desperately Seeking Theory?; 3 - Organizational Learning as the Development of Stories: Canons, Apocrypha and Pious Myths; 4 - Balancing Biases: A Critical Review of the Literature on Organizational Learning; 5 - In Search of a Social Learning Theory; Part II: Evaluations of Practice; 6 - The Role of Evaluation Enquiry in Creating Learning Organizations; 7 - Learning Across Organizational Boundaries: A Case Study of Canadian Museums
Description / Table of Contents:
8 - The Concept of the 'Learning Organization' Applied to the Transformation of the Public Sector: Conceptual Contributions for Theory of Development9 - Learning, Trust and Organizational Change: Contrasting Models of Intervention Research in Organizational Behaviour; 10 - Project Design for Learning and Innovation: Lessons Learned from Action Research in an Aircraft Manufacturing Company; 11 - Organizational Learning and Organizational Forgetting: Lessons from a High Technology Company; 12 - Developing Learning Managers within Learning Organizations: the Case of Three Major Retail Banks
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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