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The organizational performance of learning companies : A longitudinal and competitor analysis using market and accounting financial data

Goh, Swee C.; Ryan, Peter J. - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 3, pp. 225-239

Purpose – A growing body of literature on organizational learning suggests that companies or organizations with a learning capability can gain a competitive advantage. The argument is that learning organizations are better at knowledge transfer and generating new knowledge to solve problems....

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Benefiting from customer and competitor knowledge : A market‐based approach to organizational learning

Loon Hoe, Siu - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 3, pp. 240-250

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the organizational learning, market orientation and learning orientation concepts, highlight the importance of market knowledge to organizational learning and recommend ways in adopting a market‐based approach to organizational learning....

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Transferring codified knowledge: socio‐technical versus top‐down approaches

Guzman, Gustavo; Trivelato, Luiz F. - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 3, pp. 251-276

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse and evaluate the transfer process of codified knowledge (CK) performed under two different approaches: the “socio‐technical” and the “top‐down”. It is argued that the socio‐technical approach supports the transfer of CK better than the...

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Understanding the influence of organizational culture and group dynamics on organizational change and learning

Lucas, Colleen; Kline, Theresa - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 3, pp. 277-287

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational culture, group dynamics, and organizational learning in the context of organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – A case study was used to examine cultural and group level factors that...

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Organizational learning and the learning organization : Reviewing evolution for prospecting the future

Rebelo, Teresa Manuela; Duarte Gomes, Adelino - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 4, pp. 294-308

learning organization and propose guidelines for the future.. Design/methodology/approach – The evolution of organizational … learning and the learning organization is analysed in the light of the three‐stage model of the evolution of concepts developed … model as a framework to analyse evolution of the concepts of organizational learning and the learning organization that …

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Knowledge creation in construction organisations: a case approach

Eliufoo, Harriet - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 4, pp. 309-325

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate and characterise the knowledge creation process in construction organisations and explore to what extent organisations facilitate the process. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach is adopted using four construction...

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Using e‐mentoring to sustain distance training and education

Homitz, Daniel James; Berge, Zane L. - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 4, pp. 326-335

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine e‐mentoring as a way to sustain distance training and education. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes a framework for sustaining distance training and education by adding e‐mentoring (mentoring over the internet). It also...

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Supply chain development: insights from strategic niche management

Caniëls, Marjolein C.J.; Romijn, Henny A. - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 4, pp. 336-353

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of supply chain design from the perspective of complex dynamic systems. Unlike extant studies that use formal simulation modelling and associated methodologies rooted in the physical sciences, it adopts a framework rooted in the...

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From learning organization to practically wise organization

Rowley, Jennifer; Gibbs, Paul - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 5, pp. 356-372

and wisdom, in pursuit of a new version of the model of the learning organization, the practically wise organization …. Design/methodology/approach – First, the literature on the learning organization and organizational learning is reviewed with …, respectively. Finally a model for the practically wise organization that is both a virtuous and a learning organization is proposed …

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Rational choice or leap of faith? The creation and defence of a management orthodoxy

Oliver, Nick - In: The Learning Organization 15 (2008) 5, pp. 373-387

Purpose – In the 1980s and 1990s enthusiasm for Japanese or “lean” manufacturing methods swept through Western industry. At the time, commentators argued that these methods represented a new paradigm of manufacturing, a radical break with traditional methods. The purpose of this paper is...

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