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Reconciling the rigor‐relevance dilemma in intellectual capital research

Andriessen, Daniel - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 4/5, pp. 393-401

This paper raises the issue of research methodology for intellectual capital and other types of management research by focusing on the dilemma of rigour versus relevance. The more traditional explanatory approach to research often leads to rigorous results that are not of much help to solve...

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Introduction‐“Chaordic systems thinking” for learning organizations

van Eijnatten, Frans M.; Putnik, Goran D. - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 415-417

into how it might inform a learning organization. Apart from the CST lens, the issue contains chaos‐and‐complexity concepts … of learning and the learning organization, a dialogical conversation about the framework and some paper presenting …

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Chaos, complexity, learning, and the learning organization : Towards a chaordic enterprise

van Eijnatten, Frans M.; Putnik, Goran D. - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 418-429

” (individual and organizational), “learning organization,” and “chaordic enterprise”. Also, several chaos … the “chaordic enterprise” might be the goal state towards which a company – seen as a learning organization – might evolve …, and that the framework of “chaordic systems thinking” could be used as a meta‐model to inform a learning organization …

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Chaordic systems thinking : Some suggestions for a complexity framework to inform a learning organization

van Eijnatten, Frans M. - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 430-449

This contribution suggests a conceptual framework for using complexity to understand human interactions in learning organizations. The particular lens adopted for this purpose is that of the Chaos perspective. The following general concepts are described: discontinuous growth, attractors: their...

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An antagonistic dialogue about chaordic systems thinking: part I

Wäfler, Toni - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 450-457

This paper explores the added value of chaordic systems Thinking for organizational renewal, which is defined as transformation instead of reformation. The exploration is presented in the form of an antagonistic dialogue between two “voices,” which develop commentaries from distinct...

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An antagonistic dialogue about chaordic systems thinking: part II

Wäfler, Toni - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 458-465

This paper is a continuation of the antagonistic dialogue about the differences of chaordic systems thinking (CST) and socio‐technical systems design (STS). In this second part of the conversation a concrete example is used to illustrate the added value provided by CST. Whereas STS focuses on...

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Collective learning : A way over the ridge to a new organizational attractor

Backström, Tomas - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 466-477

A theoretical model of collective learning has been developed based on complex systems theory. The need for collective learning is illustrated by an empirical study of an “unsuccessful” organizational‐renewal project in a Swedish Telecom firm. The conclusion, using chaordic systems...

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An inquiry into the foundations of organizational learning and the learning organization

Jensen, Jorgen A.; Rasmussen, Ole E. - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 478-490

People's mental models are viewed as being significant in achieving organizational outcomes, on the assumption that mental models influence people's acts. A fundamental issue in the area of organizational learning, then, is the relation between mental models, learning and performance. We contend...

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Chaordic systems thinking for learning organizations : Reflections and some suggestions for use

Putnik, Goran D.; van Eijnatten, Frans M. - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 6, pp. 491-494

In this concluding paper the guest editors reflect on the contents of this special issue, and give some suggestions for future use of the CST framework. An interesting disclosure is that in chaos‐and‐complexity research the unit of measurement is not the individual human being, but the...

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The Future of Knowledge

Allee, Verna - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 1, pp. 94-95

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