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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

to Senge, and his version of the learning organization, and thereby gain legitimacy. One does not have to be very … learning organization. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that the authors' understandings of Senge, in which a … Fifth Discipline , i.e. the fact that different authors refer to different excerpts from his book as his version of the …

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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

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship among leadership, organizational culture, the operation of learning organization and employees' job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research design was employed. A total of 1,000...

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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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Intellectual capital and corporate performance in knowledge‐intensive SMEs

Cohen, Sandra; Kaimenakis, Nikolaos - In: The Learning Organization 14 (2007) 3, pp. 241-262

Purpose – In recent years a significant number of intellectual capital (IC) metrics has been developed and applied in many organizations. However, there is still a strong need to specify the relations among the different categories of intellectual assets that exist in the context of small to...

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