This book presents a solid, research-based conceptual framework that demystifies organizational learning and bridges the gap between theory and practice.
Author: Raanan Lipshitz
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781452236544
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 296
View: 772
This book presents a solid, research-based conceptual framework that demystifies organizational learning and bridges the gap between theory and practice. Using an integrative approach, authors Raanan Lipshitz, Victor Friedman and Micha Popper provide practitioners and researchers with tools for understanding organizational learning under real-world conditions.
Huberman, B. A. (2001). The dynamics of organizational learning. ... Opportunity
and constraint: Organizations' learning from the operating and competitive
experience of industries. Strategic ... Demystifying organizational learning.
Thousand ...
Author: Linda Argote
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781461452515
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 218
View: 478
Why do some organizations learn at faster rates than others? Why do organizations "forget"? Could productivity gains acquired in one part of an organization be transferred to another? These are among the questions addressed in Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge. Since its original publication in 1999, this book has set the standard for research and analysis in the field. This fully updated and expanded edition showcases the most current research and insights, featuring a new chapter that provides a theoretical framework for analyzing organizational learning and presents evidence about how the organizational context affects learning processes and outcomes. Drawing from a wide array of studies across the spectrum of management, economics, sociology, and psychology, Organizational Learning explores the dynamics of learning curves in organizations, with particular emphasis on how individuals and groups generate, share, reinforce, and sometimes forget knowledge. With an increased emphasis on service organizations, including healthcare, Linda Argote demonstrates that organizations vary dramatically in the rates at which they learn—with profound implications for productivity, performance, and managerial and strategic decision making.
Organizational learning. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 319–340. Lipshitz, R.,
Friedman, V.J., & Popper, M. (2007). Demystifying organizational learning.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Lipshitz, R., Popper, M., Friedman, V.J. (
2002) ...
Author: Ryan Smerek
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190648374
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 200
View: 797
Acknowledgments -- Organizational learning and performance -- Learning as an individual -- Three metaphors of learning as an individual -- Thinking dispositions that foster learning -- Building a learning culture -- Transparency and pursuing truth -- Big picture thinking and learning -- Learning from failure -- Learning and innovation -- Leadership and building a learning culture -- References -- Appendix: learning culture survey
Technical leaders expect the technical training organization to support the
technology and/or process areas they are responsible for. Managers expect the
technical training organization to train their people to ensure they acquire the ...
Author: Wendy L. Combs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470634547
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 288
View: 195
Praise for Demystifying Technical Training "Demystifying Technical Training is a must-read for CLOs,managers of training, instructors, and instructional designers. Allwho read it will gain critical insights into how to lower the costand improve the efficiency and effectiveness of learning." —Wm. Douglas Harward, CEO and founder of TrainingIndustry, Inc. "Individuals interested in and accountable for derivingsignificant value from technical training investments will gaingreat benefit from reading this book and applying itswisdom." —Karen Kocher, CLO at Cigna Healthcare "Demystifying Technical Training is an essential,complete guide for any learning organization. The overviews andconcepts are clearly stated, while the case studies and sidebarsprovide practical examples you can apply in your situation." —Jean Barbazette, president of The Training Clinic andauthor of Managing the Training Function for Bottom-LineResults "Considering the cost of acquiring and developing talent, whywouldn't all CEO/COOs insist on investing in people to improveresults and reduce risk? This book demystifies the process ofdeveloping technical experts to increase the return on investmentin human capital. Bravo!" —Martin J. Menard, former group CIO at IntelCorporation "Technical training is a key to sustaining competitiveness inthe new economy. Learn how to leverage and optimize its value inyour organization through this wonderfully insightful and practicalresource." —Dr. Arthur L. Jue, director of global organizationand talent development at Oracle and co-author of Social Mediaat Work: How Networking Tools Propel OrganizationalPerformance "Don't be misled by the title—this book—whilefocusing on the often segmented world of domain specific jobskills—provides guidance valid for the full spectrum ofworkforce learning from soft-skills to 'technical' skills." —Ruth Clark, principal and president of Clark Training& Consulting and author of e-Learning and the Science ofInstruction
Based on both empirical research and practice experience, this book gives managers the tools to do just that. Organizational learning capability is the capacity to generate and generalize ideas with impact.
Author: Arthur K. Yeung
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195356268
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 232
View: 996
Organizational learning matters now more than ever. In today's hypercompetitive business environment, successful executives must be able to discover opportunities, face problems, and pursue innovative ideas, then turn those ideas into action throughout an organization. Based on both empirical research and practice experience, this book gives managers the tools to do just that. Organizational learning capability is the capacity to generate and generalize ideas with impact. Managers generate new ideas in four basic ways: experimentation, in which organizations learn by trying many new products and processes; continuous improvement, in which they learn by constantly improving what they have done before and mastering each step in a process before moving on to other processes; knowledge acquisition, in which they learn by encouraging individuals and teams to acquire new knowledge continuously; and benchmarking, in which they learn by studying how other groups do things and trying to adapt their techniques. Each learning types leads to different performance consequences. Managers must also be able to generalize information through technology, movement of people, incentives, and learning processes. By both generating and generalizing ideas with impact, managers have a blueprint for making learning happen. Learning may not be sustained, however, unless it is congruent with the larger business context--the organization's strategy and culture and the industry's characteristics. Unfortunately, just as organizations develop learning capabilities, they also suffer from certain learning disabilities. This book outlines common disabilities and the means to overcome them. The authors assist practicing managers by providing several examples of successful and unsuccessful organizations and describing the ways in which they have helped organizations improve learning capability in their consulting practices. Based on detailed case studies, a review of past literature, and data gleaned from a worldwide survey of companies,Organizational Learning Capability is an accessible and useful guide for managers competing in the information economy. This book turns abstract ideas into practice, offers tools that managers can use, and presents a simple yet profound road map for making learning a reality.
David Garvin helps managers make the leap from theoretical ideal to actual practice.
Author: David A. Garvin
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
ISBN: 1578512514
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 256
View: 695
David Garvin helps managers make the leap from theoretical ideal to actual practice. In addition to describing the basic steps in any learning cycle, he examines the critical challenges facing managers at each of these stages. Garvin delineates three modes of learning and illustrates these learning modes in complete, richly detailed case studies of organizations.
Guidelines on multicultural education, training, research, practice, and
organizational change for psychologists. American Psychologist, 58 ...
Overcoming organizational defenses: Facilitating organizational learning. Boston
: Allyn & Bacon.
Author: Daniel S. Newman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781136639050
Category: Psychology
Page: 190
View: 442
If you are a doctoral or non-doctoral student about to begin your internship in school psychology, you may have several questions about the process and what it will involve, and you may even be facing some anxiety about it. If you are a site or university supervisor preparing for the beginning of the internship year, you may be looking for ways to improve the internship experience for your students or for yourself and your fellow supervisors. Newman has used his many years of experience working with interns and field supervisors to create this guide to the school psychology internship process to address these common concerns. He provides a comprehensive overview of the school psychology internship process from start to finish, describing actions that can be taken to promote a high quality, dynamic internship experience. Emphasis is placed on the idea that the internship year is a dynamic and formative experience, not a static event, and that interns and supervisors both must be active planners, coordinators, and shapers of the experience. Each part of the book explores a different phase of the internship, from the first days through job applications and interviews. Helpful and pragmatic tools are included throughout, such as evaluation tools, best practice guidelines, and sample forms. Online resources are also available to complement the book and include reproducible material from the book, videos students can use to practice their interviewing skills, and links to helpful resources.
Author: Kristine Kiefer HippPublish On: 2010-02-16
Our 2005 return to Mineral Springs was important in learning more about the
impact of the major changes at the central ... Leadership, or a lack of it, has
always been and will always be a factor in individual and organizational
development.
Author: Kristine Kiefer Hipp
Publisher: R&L Education
ISBN: 9781607090519
Category: Education
Page: 166
View: 118
The purpose of this book is to clearly define an approach to school improvement that uses professional learning community (PLC) practices to achieve school improvement and success for every student. This book offers information, examples and case studies to clarify the concept of a PLC, to respond to critical issues in schools, and to support educational leaders in addressing the important mandates of accountability and school improvement. As school leaders proactively lead efforts to create learning communities, their schools, districts, and staff will incorporate knowledge, skills, and practices that focus on teaching and learning for all. The authors' findings will assist leaders, change agents, policy makers, and university faculty in guiding schools toward creating and maintaining PLCs as they sustain school improvement for student learning.
Example of Tactical Use of Level 1 Data An organization used a standard 25-item
questionnaire at the completion of every training program, administered both in
paper-based and electronic formats. Each line of business within the ...
Author: Toni De Tuncq
Publisher: American Society for Training and Development
ISBN: 9781562868413
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 24
View: 501
Proving that your training programs are effective is necessary for justifying costs, making improvements, and establishing and maintaining adequate budgets. "Demystifying Measurement and Evaluation" will show you how to determine business-driven objectives, devise practical ways to collect data, plan for measurement and evaluation, analyze data quickly, and accurately present data--in a way that is practical and accessible.
You learn more about your topic, you gain a different perspective, and you have
to change how you organize your dissertation. You can rely on the
computergenerated table of contents for revision at the organizational level.
Think of the ...
Author: Peg Boyle Single
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9781579226862
Category: Education
Page: 192
View: 962
Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation: Establishing a consistent writing routine Working with a support group Consulting your advisor Understanding your committee’s expectations Setting a realistic and timely schedule Building on these insights, this book is for anyone who needs help in preparing for, organizing, planning, scheduling, and writing the longest sustained writing project they have encountered, particularly if he or she is not receiving sufficient guidance about the process, but also for anyone looking to boost his or her writing productivity. The author uncovers much tacit knowledge, provides advice on working with dissertation advisors and committee members, presents proven techniques for the prewriting and writing stages of the dissertation, sets out a system for keeping on schedule, and advocates enlisting peer support. As Peg Boyle Single states, “my goal is quite simple and straightforward: for you to experience greater efficiency and enjoyment while writing. If you experience anxiety, blocking, impatience, perfectionism or procrastination when you write, then this system is for you. I want you to be able to complete your writing so that you can move on with the rest of your life.” Few scholars, let alone graduate students, have been taught habits of writing fluency and productivity. The writing skills imparted by this book will not only help the reader through the dissertation writing process, but will serve her or him in whatever career she or he embarks on, given the paramount importance of written communication, especially in the academy. This book presents a system of straightforward and proven techniques that are used by productive writers, and applies them to the dissertation process. In particular, it promotes the concept of writing networks – whether writing partners or groups – to ensure that writing does not become an isolated and tortured process, while not hiding the need for persistence and sustained effort. This book is intended for graduate students and their advisers in the social sciences, the humanities, and professional fields. It can further serve as a textbook for either informal writing groups led by students or for formal writing seminars offered by departments or graduate colleges. The techniques described will help new faculty advice their students more effectively and even achieve greater fluency in their own writing.
In The Organizational Learning Cycle : How We Can Learn Collectively ( 1994 ) ,
Nancy Dixon does an effective job of demystifying organizational learning and
putting it in an operational context for the working leader . She makes the ...
Author: David M. Noer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 0787902675
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 288
View: 378
Explore the spiritual side of business The best-selling author of Healing the Wounds writes another prescription for our transition-induced ailments. Here he addresses the self-defeating ways people and organizations react to rapid, seemingly relentless change, and advocates a steady diet of learning as the surest way to break free. Associating various responses to change with four character types -- The Overwhelmed, The Entrenched, The BSers, and The Learners -- the author holds up The Learners as the attainable ideal...and shows how to help those in the other categories pursue the learning path. The ultimate goal: to facilitate transition to a more flexible, self-directed workplace.
It follows that the capability of assessing the people in your organization in this
larger context is imperative to effective ... to become more fulfilled in a different organization , and perhaps learn something about how to become better
motivated .
Author: Gordon Ettie
Publisher: Frederick Fell Publishers
ISBN: 088391137X
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 103
View: 577
This book describes the total system of any business or organization in a simplified, readable way. It starts with people—what business and organizations are all about. The book then shows how leadership and strategy are forever linked, and then describes the external drivers—products, markets, and regions—along with the needed internal functions such as sales/marketing, operations, technology, and finance/administration. Finally, the book lays out the financial measurements required for a financial reporting structure and ways to raise capital, all in understandable terms. Stories and analogies between a fictional cookie business and the adage about putting all the parts of an elephant (business) together are utilized throughout the book to illustrate key points.
Organizational learning: The contributing processes and the literatures.
Organization Science, 2(1), ... Dynamic core competences through meta-learning
and strategic context. Journal of ... Demystifying organizational learning.
Thousand Oaks ...
Author: William A. Pasmore
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1780520220
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 296
View: 841
In this diverse volume new methodologies are introduced, such as the strategic fitness process for engaging leaders in better understanding the reactions of employees to strategic change efforts (Beer); Jazz as a metaphor for organizational improvisation (Bernstein & Barrett); and new theories for understanding change processes (Gomez & Ballard).
This book advances a design-based approach for the investigation and creation of sustainable organizations.
Author: A. B. (Rami) Shani
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 063123277X
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 240
View: 130
This book advances a design-based approach for the investigation and creation of sustainable organizations. The learning-by-design framework is utilized to examine learning in six successful companies in different industries and national settings and provides a roadmap for improving systematic learning in organizations. Investigates learning-by-design in successful companies. Focuses on the choices organizations make about the design of learning mechanisms. Built around six detailed case studies taken from different industries and national settings. Provides a framework for improving the conditions for systematic and sustainable learning in organizations. Offers a clear process model for action and change.
Through Chapter 18, training managers explore ways to select consultants when
more than one is involved and learn how to minimize the associated competition.
Finally, consultants are often invited to do additional work in an organization ...
Author: Debbie Friedman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787986488
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 224
View: 525
Demystifying Outsourcing emphasizes the importance ofbuilding partnerships with consultants and vendors to achieveresults. Training managers who utilize this resource will buildtheir confidence and strengthen their outsourcing capabilities asthey navigate complex outsourced projects. As a comprehensive toolkit, the book takes the reader step bystep through an outsourced initiative. Numerous stories bring thechallenges of outsourcing to light. Practical tips and tools, andworksheets on the accompanying CD can be tailored easily to anyproject. Topics include: Current trends and guiding principles in outsourcing A strategic sourcing decision model to help managers make wisechoices about what to outsource and what to retain Identifying and selecting outsourcing partners The RFP process and contract negotiations Positioning consultants and vendors in the organization Design, delivery and program evaluation of outsourcedinitiatives Special situations such as dealing with conflict, inheriting aconsultant and working with multiple consultants and vendors Debbie Friedman is Operating Vice President at FederatedDepartment Stores, where she heads up the Federated LeadershipInstitute, a training function whose mission is to strengthen theleadership capabilities of the top 1,800 executives.
School management and organization . 2 . Organizational learning . 3. ...
Contents : The accountability imperative for school counselors Moving beyond
tradition – Demystifying data Measure : a different way of focusing our work --
School ...
I actually think that you should learn how to do it yourself. The chief executive
shouldn't be allowed to be the chief executive unless he or she understands
planning. You can't understand how to run an organization unless you
understand how ...
Author: Tony Grundy
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 9780749469450
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 312
View: 955
Creating a successful strategy, and the process of strategic thinking, is key to the growth plans of all businesses. But how do business leaders engage with, define and manage this process? And what do today's most successful CEOs consider to be the key components of creating a successful strategy? Using unique and original interviews with 6 top business leaders, Tony Grundy examines the key components of successful strategizing, from analysis versus synthesis, competitive strategy, economic values, and overcoming strategic constraints. Using examples from the manufacturing, retailing, services and trading industries, the book provides a strategy system for every business leader, and helps managers to develop and implement a winning strategy for their organization.
In 2004 , he was a postdoctoral scholar in Organizational Learning for Homeland
Security with the Center for ... interests include the Colombian drug trade ,
counter - narcotics law enforcement , terrorism , intelligence , and organization
theory .
Author: Robert M. Bohm
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195330722
Category: Social Science
Page: 258
View: 310
Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice addresses many of the American public's misconceptions about crime and criminal justice. Many of these understandings are inaccurate and based on myths. Each of the anthology's 27 articles demystifies or debunks one of these current myths, setting therecord straight.Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice is organized to follow a logical progression through the criminal justice process. Part One addresses myths about crime; Part Two examines myths about law enforcement; Part Three investigates myths about the administration of justice; and Part Four focuses onmyths about punishment and corrections.A unique feature of the book is that every chapter follows the same format. Each chapter opens with a brief section introducing a myth or a set of myths about a particular topic. Next follows the "The Kernel of Truth" section, in which accurate aspects of the myth or myths are identified becausefor myths to be believable and accepted, they generally must contain at least a kernel of truth. In the third section, "The Truth or Facts," the authors debunk the myth or myths by providing evidence, followed by "Interests Served by the Myth," which illuminates how the interests of specificindividuals or groups are promoted by the creation and perpetuation of the myths. Finally, "Policy Implications of Belief in the Myth" highlights some of the practical and often undesirable consequences of belief in the myth or myths.Written in clear, accessible language, Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice engages readers with straightforward analysis and cutting-edge information and research. Designed to stimulate critical thinking and class discussions, this mindset-challenging anthology will give students a depth ofunderstanding about crime and criminal justice that few other books offer.
