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Learning and knowledge: a dream or nightmare for employees

Newman, Nadine; Newman, Dunstan - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 1, pp. 58-71

) critical review of the “Foucauldian gloom” with regard to the learning organization and helps to assess whether the concept is … being provided. To spread democracy and liberation and create a democratic utopia in the learning organization requires more … focus on the issue of power in the concepts of the learning organization and KM. Originality/value – This paper will bring …

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Learning cycles and focus groups : A complementary approach to the A3 thinking methodology

Tortorella, Guilherme Luz; Viana, Samanta; Fettermann, Diego - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 4, pp. 229-240

Purpose – This study aims to propose a complementary method to the A3 information collection, data analysis and capturing and sharing knowledge to facilitate problem solving in a general framework. The incorporation of this method minimizes the difficulties identified in the literature focused...

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A comparative perspective of knowledge management via social media: India and China

Liu, Michelle; Rao, Pramila - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 2, pp. 93-114

Purpose – This research paper aims to showcase current knowledge management (KM) practices via social media that is being adopted by organizations in India and China. India and China are considered leading economies in today’s global market. Any understanding of management practices in these...

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Organizational learning, knowledge management practices and firm’s performance : An empirical study of a heavy engineering firm in India

Jain, Ajay K.; Moreno, Ana - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 1, pp. 14-39

Purpose – The study aims at investigating the impact of organizational learning (OL) on the firm’s performance and knowledge management (KM) practices in a heavy engineering organization in India. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected from 205 middle and senior executives...

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Leveraging big-data for business process analytics

Vera-Baquero, Alejandro; Colomo Palacios, Ricardo; … - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 4, pp. 215-228

Purpose – This paper aims to present a solution that enables organizations to monitor and analyse the performance of their business processes by means of Big Data technology. Business process improvement can drastically influence in the profit of corporations and helps them to remain viable....

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Developing end-user innovation from circuits of learning

Fosstenløkken, Siw M. - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 3, pp. 182-194

Purpose – This paper aims to raise the question of how end-user product innovation is developed by exploring the underlying learning mechanisms that drive such idea realization in practice. A trialogical learning perspective from educational science is applied as an analytical approach to...

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Trust and work place spirituality on knowledge sharing behaviour : Perspective from non-academic staff of higher learning institutions

Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir; Osmangani, Aahad M; Daud, … - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 6, pp. 317-332

Purpose – This empirical research aims to, to add value in the existing research on knowledge sharing, investigate the antecedents of knowledge-sharing behaviour by embedding trust and workplace spirituality variable on non-academic staff from higher learning institution in Malaysia. The role...

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Towards increased relevance: context-adapted models of the learning organization

Örtenblad, Anders - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 3, pp. 163-181

-adapted models of the learning organization; and to suggest a number of such models. Design/methodology/approach – The suggested … context-adapted models are deduced from works arguing that not all aspects of the idea of the learning organization should be … adopted by organizations in some certain generalized organizational contexts. Findings – The idea of the learning organization …

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The impact of ICT on learning on-the-job

Hortovanyi, Lilla; Ferincz, Adrienn - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 1, pp. 2-13

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between on-the-job learning and information and communication technology (ICT). Design/methodology/approach – Action research methodology was applied to study 62 small- and medium-sized corporations, and to interview over 200...

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Learning crisis unit through post-crisis: characteristics and mechanisms

Chebbi, Hela; Pündrich, Aline Pereira - In: The Learning Organization 22 (2015) 4, pp. 198-214

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the characteristics that a crisis unit should have to achieve effective learning after crisis. Literature has identified many relations between learning organizations and crisis; yet, there is a dearth of research on specific studies about crisis units and...

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