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Knowledge wisdom and networks: a project management centre of excellence example

Walker, Derek H.T.; Christenson, Dale - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 3, pp. 275-291

Purpose – This conceptual paper aims to explain how “project management centres of excellence (CoEs)”, a particular class of knowledge network, can be viewed as providing great potential for assisting project management (PM) teams to make wise decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Can universities become true learning organizations?

White, Judith; Weathersby, Rita - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 3, pp. 292-298

Purpose – Aims to assess whether a university can become a true learning organization. Design …

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Management planning and control : Supporting knowledge‐intensive organizations

Herremans, Irene M.; Isaac, Robert G. - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 313-329

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop propositions for empirical validation regarding appropriate management planning and control systems (MPACS) in knowledge‐intensive organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The propositions were developed from interviews with members of...

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Organizational knowledge management structure

Walczak, Steven - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 330-339

Purpose – To propose and evaluate a novel management structure that encourages knowledge sharing across an organization. Design/methodology/approach – The extant literature on the impact of organizational culture and its link to management structure is examined and used to develop a new...

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Cultivating knowledge sharing through the relationship management maturity model

Martin, Valerie A.; Hatzakis, Tally; Lycett, Mark; … - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 340-354

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the development of the relationship management maturity model (RMMM), the output of an initiative aimed at bridging the gap between business units and the IT organisation. It does this through improving and assessing knowledge sharing between...

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Building a sustainable e‐learning development culture

Leacock, Tracey - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 355-367

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide details on Simon Fraser University's new School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) approach to creating a culture that supports rapid development of high‐quality e‐learning materials, why it has been successful, and what has been...

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Revisiting the roots of learning organization : A synthesis of the learning organization literature

Yeo, Roland K. - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 368-382

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a literature synthesis of the learning organization and discuss several pertinent … a variety of perspectives on the learning organization, have been analyzed and discussed based on its theoretical roots … learning organization definitions and discovers the greater significance of systems thinking in Senge's five disciplines …

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Organizational learning vs the learning organization: a conversation with a practitioner

Gorelick, Carol - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 4, pp. 383-388

a conversation concerning organizational learning vs the learning organization. Findings – Organizational learning and … the learning organization can and should co‐exist. To be effective as a learning organization there is a need for a deep …Purpose – Through a conversation with a practitioner, aims to understand the definitions given to the learning …

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The semantic learning organization

Sicilia, Miguel‐Ángel; Lytras, Miltiadis D. - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 5, pp. 402-410

Purpose – The aim of this paper is introducing the concept of a “semantic learning organization” (SLO) as an extension … of the concept of “learning organization” in the technological domain. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes …

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Social networking on the semantic web

Finin, Tim; Ding, Li; Zhou, Lina; Joshi, Anupam - In: The Learning Organization 12 (2005) 5, pp. 418-435

Purpose – Aims to investigate the way that the semantic web is being used to represent and process social network information. Design/methodology/approach – The Swoogle semantic web search engine was used to construct several large data sets of Resource Description Framework (RDF) documents...

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