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Building high performance learning: a focus on career results and the business bottom line

Ingram, Hadyn; Sandelands, Eric; Teare, Richard - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 5, pp. 211-219

Explores the nature of action learning and its benefits. Looks at the importance of aligning personal learning with corporate objectives. Draws conclusions from the authors’ experiences of using e‐learning to support action learning within organizations. Uses case study examples from...

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Reinterpreting the learning organisation

Stewart, Deb - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 4, pp. 141-152

Examines the theoretical and practical development of the concept of the learning organisation (LO). Some theorists have used the term LO interchangeably with organisational learning, while others have drawn distinctions between the two. Provides a brief review of the current LO literature in...

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New Zealand dairy farmers as organisational learners

Massey, Claire; Hurley, Evelyn - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 4, pp. 169-175

The dairy industry is an important element of the New Zealand economy, and its key producer organization (the New Zealand Dairy Board) views itself as being progressive in relation to the acquisition and adoption of technology. However it accepts that in order to remain price competitive in...

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Using the Learning Square

Lindley, Eric; Wheeler, Frederick P. - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 3, pp. 114-125

The shift to a knowledge‐based paradigm of management demands new conceptual tools for decision‐makers. Unfortunately, as writings on organizational learning and “learning organizations” have grown their clarity and focus have reduced, creating difficulties for managers who seek to apply...

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The direction of Web‐based training: a practitioner’s view

Kilby, Tim - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 5, pp. 194-199

Reviews the fulfilled and unfulfilled promises of Web‐based training since its inception. Explores current influences that establish benchmarks of quality, and forthcoming technologies that will shape online learning in the next decade. Contends that distance learning now has a broader...

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E‐learning: a performance appraisal and some suggestions for improvement

Honey, Peter - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 5, pp. 200-203

Reflects on e‐learning with respect to other forms of learning and endeavours to put it into perspective given the extent to which it is currently being hyped. Appraises e‐learning from the point of view of the learner given certain assumptions. Attempts to provide a balanced picture of the...

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Thirteen “must ask” questions about e‐learning products and services

Morgan, Gareth - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 5, pp. 203-211

Contends that effective e‐learning requires that the education content be written and delivered very differently than in the past. Proposes to cut through the complexity associated with adopting an e‐learning approach by highlighting 13 key questions that need to be asked in assessing the...

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Predictors of learning organizations: a human resource development practitioner’s perspective

Griego, Orlando V.; Geroy, Gary D.; Wright, Phillip C. - In: The Learning Organization 7 (2000) 1, pp. 5-12

Seeks to find predictors of learning organizations as determined by Marquardt’s Learning Organization Profile (1996 … structure to the learning organization and that an environment of knowledge sharing and learning systems is an indication of a … learning organization. Results support the notion that interventions intended to aid in the metamorphose from a current …

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Alchemy: the transformation to service excellence

Antonacopoulou, Elena; Kandampully, Jay - In: The Learning Organization 7 (2000) 1, pp. 13-22

This paper provides a critical examination of how service value can be enhanced and the subsequent transformation of that knowledge into an organisation‐wide learning process. In particular, it concentrates on the role of people in creating and adding value to services by highlighting some of...

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Establishing mutual dependence between TQM and the learning organization: a multiple case study analysis

Terziovski, Milè; Howel, Andrea; Sohal, Amrik; … - In: The Learning Organization 7 (2000) 1, pp. 23-32

. Multiple cross‐case content analysis was undertaken to evaluate the proposition that “TQM and the Learning Organization are … mutually dependent”. Our major finding is that TQM principles and concepts underpin the evolution of the learning organization … created their “learning organization”. …

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