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Scratching beneath the surface of communities of (mal)practice

Pemberton, Jon; Mavin, Sharon; Stalker, Brenda - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 1, pp. 62-73

Purpose – This paper seeks to surface less positive aspects of communities of practice (CoPs), regardless of emergent or organisationally managed, grounded in political‐power interactions. Examples are provided from the authors' experiences of a research‐based CoP within UK higher...

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Developing communities of innovation by identifying innovation champions

Coakes, Elayne; Smith, Peter - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 1, pp. 74-85

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose that a form of communities of practice (CoP), a community of innovation (CoInv), is the best support for sustainable innovation. It aims to outline a method for identifying champions of innovation in organisation. Design/methodology/approach...

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The individual|collective dialectic in the learning organization

Lee, Yew‐Jin; Roth, Wolff‐Michael - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 92-107

organization?”. By implication, many theories of the learning organization are adressed that are based on a static and erroneous …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to answer two interrelated questions: “Who learns and how in the learning …

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Senge's many faces: problem or opportunity?

Örtenblad, Anders - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 108-122

learning organization. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that the authors' understandings of Senge, in which a … to Senge, and his version of the learning organization, and thereby gain legitimacy. One does not have to be very …

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Extending the “knowledge advantage”: creating learning chains

Maqsood, Tayyab; Walker, Derek; Finegan, Andrew - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 123-141

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a synergy between the approaches of knowledge management in a learning organisation and supply chain management so that learning chains can be created in order to unleash innovation and creativity by managing knowledge in supply chains....

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Leading with relationships: a small firm example

Marcketti, Sara B.; Kozar, Joy M. - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 142-154

Purpose – For the continued vitality and success of small businesses, it is important to gain a deeper understanding of the effective behaviors of small business owners. The main purpose of this paper is to further the understanding of the relational leadership framework as used by a...

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A study on relationship among leadership, organizational culture, the operation of learning organization and employees' job satisfaction

Chang, Su‐Chao; Lee, Ming‐Shing - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 155-185

, the operation of learning organization and employees' job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative … research results indicate that the various operation extents of learning organization have significant difference under the … dimensions of leadership, organizational culture and the operation of learning organization. Both leadership and organizational …

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Knowledge management model: practical application for competency development

Lustri, Denise; Miura, Irene; Takahashi, Sérgio - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 2, pp. 186-202

Purpose – This paper seeks to present a knowledge management (KM) conceptual model for competency development and a case study in a law service firm, which implemented the KM model in a competencies development program. Design/methodology/approach – The case study method was applied...

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An exploration of the relationship between learning organisations and the retention of knowledge workers

Lee‐Kelley, Liz; Blackman, Deborah A.; Hurst, Jeffrey … - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 3, pp. 204-221

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a relationship between learning organisation theory and the potential to retain knowledge workers. It emphasises that human resource (HR) managers must recognise specific relationships between learning organisation elements, job...

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Discovering and articulating what is not yet known : Using action learning and grounded theory as a knowledge management strategy

Pauleen, David J.; Corbitt, Brian; Yoong, Pak - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 3, pp. 222-240

Purpose – To provide a conceptual model for the discovery and articulation of emergent organizational knowledge, particularly knowledge that develops when people work with new technologies. Design/methodology/approach – The model is based on two widely accepted research methods – action...

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