For the past ten years the management literature has increasingly discussed the concept of learning organizations. Yet, more that a decade later, few organizations have figured out how to create the structures and processes necessary to assure continuous learning. This article purports that this...

The changes in the engineering-construction (E-C) industry of the 21st century requireorganizations to take a more active role in developing knowledge management and learningorganization initiatives. The need to both retain knowledge within the organization and focus oncontinuous human resource...

The changes in the engineering-construction (E-C) industry of the 21st century requireorganizations to take a more active role in developing knowledge management and learningorganization initiatives. The need to both retain knowledge within the organization and focus oncontinuous human resource...

Definitions, development and measurement must be applied to the concept of the learning organization to move it towards implementation. Many definitions have captured the essence of the learning organization but, until the characteristics or “attributes” are defined, it will remain difficult...

The learning organization may be the key to future success for organizations. There is no blueprint for success, but companies need to recognize and utilize the experience and expertise of their employees. In return, they must provide appropriate rewards and generate an environment of mutual...

Argues that concepts such as information resource management have more to do with data than information. Notes that this has the impact of distracting from the central issue of how meaning is created. Argues that much more attention needs to be paid to the process of knowledge formation....

The ability to think organizationally helps an organization′s members to manage the organization′s environments more effectively and to link results to the strategic direction. Describes the organization level learning (OLL) model and the organizational diagnostic survey (ODS) process...

Explores some of the key issues in conducting research at the organizational level, with particular reference to the Irish context. Examines the dimensions of the concept of the “learning organization” while acknowledging the contribution to our understanding of it made by the current and...

Many writers on management during the 1990s have stated that we have neither a good understanding of the process of organizational learning nor a good grasp of the concept of knowledge management. In his 1990 book The Fifth Discipline , Peter Senge quoted others in asserting that “The most...