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How does leadership development help universities become learning organisations?

Gentle, Paul; Clifton, Louise - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 278-285

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw on empirical data to interrogate the correlation between participation in leadership development programmes by individual leaders and the ability of higher education institutions to learn organisationally from such participation....

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Balancing countervailing processes at a Lithuanian university

Leisyte, Liudvika; Vilkas, Mantas; Staniskiene, Egle; … - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 327-339

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the countervailing processes for enhancing academic excellence based on professional norms are balanced out with the market-oriented processes of standardisation and performance management in a university. Further, the authors aim to explore...

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Leading entrepreneurial e-learning development in legal education : A longitudinal case study of “universities as learning organisations”

Trevitt, Chris; Steed, Aliya; Du Moulin, Lynn; Foley, Tony - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 298-311

Purpose The study aims to review the entrepreneurial and educational innovations in technology-enabled distance education in practical legal education (PLE) accomplished by a unit “on the periphery” of a strong research-led university. It also aims to examine the learning organisation (LO)...

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Consciousness development for the learning organization

Heaton, Dennis - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 6, pp. 401-407

Purpose This paper presents a philosophical and practical discussion of the role of development of consciousness for realization of a learning organization. Consciousness is the capacity to know, the capacity to learn. As the knower is, so is the knowledge. Development of consciousness can lead...

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Knowledge management in higher education institutions: enablers and barriers in Mauritius

Veer Ramjeawon, Poonam; Rowley, Jennifer - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 366-377

Purpose The purpose of this study is to contribute to research on knowledge management in higher education institutions (HEIs), by studying the enablers and barriers to knowledge management in a country with a developing higher education sector, Mauritius. Design/methodology/approach...

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Knowledge sharing and organizational change in higher education

Dee, Jay; Leisyte, Liudvika - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 355-365

Purpose Organizational learning in higher education institutions depends upon the ability of managers and academics to maintain a flow of knowledge across the structural boundaries of the university. This paper aims to understand the boundary conditions that foster or impede the flow of...

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A Hindu perspective to organizational learning

Shama Rao, Ashok; Kamath Burde, Jyothsna - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 6, pp. 386-391

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of the relevance and applicability of the Hindu tradition to organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach Attempting to separate the spiritual from the religious aspects, a primarily theoretical approach is used to delineate the basic...

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The academic non-consultation phenomenon revisited: a research agenda

Nguyen, Nhien; Hansen, Jens Ørding - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 5, pp. 312-326

to valuable contributions to the theory of the learning organization. Design/methodology/approach Inspired by Watson … an agenda for future research, emphasizing the potential of such research to contribute to the learning organization … to introduce a research agenda that can help realize the potential contribution of this topic to the learning …

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Integration of learning organization ideas and Islamic core values principle at university

Ahmad, Aini; Sulan, Norrihan; Abdul Rani, Anita - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 6, pp. 392-400

. Findings This study suggests that the university core values and the learning organization idea work harmoniously with each … other. This paper provides examples of the application of the learning organization idea and the core values attribute and … learning organization idea with organizational core values. Design/methodology/approach The study analyses the application of …

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Integral mindflow : A process of mindfulness-in-flow to enhance individual and organization learning

Cacioppe, Ron Lewis - In: The Learning Organization 24 (2017) 6, pp. 408-417

Purpose This paper aims to examine the differences in mindfulness, meditation and flow and the conditions in which each occurs. It summarizes research that demonstrates positive benefits of these three for employee and organizational learning. While mindfulness focuses awareness on what is...

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