...Yob Ha; Kyung Nam Kim; Shinhee Jeong Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how transformational leadership (TL) fosters organizational knowledge creation (OKC) through the sequential mediation of quality interpersonal relationships (QIRs) and learning organizations (LOs). While TL’s role...

... management practice and enabled a rigorous assessment of the implications these practices for meeting the challenge of change through learning. Workplace learning Knowledge sharing Knowledge creation Organizational learning Communities of practice Learning Knowledge management Learning...

... of these agreed to take part in the study. These seven investment banks varied greatly in size, from large head office banks, to quite small subsidiaries of banks (less than 250 employees) with their main bases in other countries. Learning Banks Learning organizations Skills training United Kingdom...

... (Nchindila, 2007). David Simmonds can be contacted at: simmond@wmin.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Mentoring Electronic media Learning organizations Virtual work E‐learning Hotels The aim of this paper is to critically analyse aspects of an E‐Mentoring Pilot...

... Learning organizations Small to medium‐sized enterprises Business performance Leaders Poland At the first stage of the research a factor analysis was carried out; to classify the factors a taxonomic method was applied, namely the Ward method (1963) . The cluster analysis of 105 items (all items...

... asymmetries or market imperfections created by the inability of the firm to observe the true abilities of workers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Training Outsourcing Specifications Quality management techniques Learning organizations India This paper is situated...

... Small to medium‐sized enterprises Learning organizations Knowledge management The influence of globalisation, dynamic environments, the use and expansion of information systems and technology, has placed a huge influence on how the SME enterprise uses and develops knowledge (Leonard‐Barton...

... it enabled the researchers to determine if statistically significant correlations existed among the learning dimensions studied. Findings The results of the correlation analysis showed that the learning organization dimensions leadership and culture had the highest level of association, followed...

... resource development Learning organizations Small enterprises Small and medium‐sized organizations Finland Organisational learning has become an important strategy to create competitive advantage in organisations, because competent employees are a scarce and valuable resource for them...

... to deliberately create the circumstances for oneself and the team that enable to be innovative. Learning organizations Learning methods Learning styles Knowledge economy The research questions are addressed by means of a literature study. In the first phase of the study, literature is used to find...

... of workers and team leaders to such teams. Automotive industry Manufacturing systems Learning organizations Human resource strategies Line managers Of the 18 plants researched all but one had relatively fixed teams, who enjoyed varying degrees of flexibility within their own team‐based internal...

... of development. Research and commercial centers have also been established to cater to practice‐oriented solutions in the form of products and services. Hence, the business model of an emerging institution is one that is closely aligned to a learning organization so that tacit knowledge learnt will contribute...

... new learning occurred as a result of the conference and how the new learning at the conference occurred. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative case study used conceptual foundations grounded within critical theory and focused on learning organizations, communities of practice (CoP...

...Naomi Birdthistle; Patricia Fleming Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a learning organisation can be created within the framework of the family SME in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach No comprehensive list of independent family businesses in Ireland was available...

... with the characteristics of a continuously learning organization. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected in accordance with the questionnaire of Pedler. The questionnaire was completed anonymously. Findings Organizational environments in what used to be state monopolies do not yet conform...

... of the learning organisation, knowledge organisation and innovative organisation, and has resulted in an innovation process model. This model consists of three processes: knowledge creation, innovation and learning to learn. The factors that might influence this cycle are: added value for stakeholders, leadership...

... the often overlooked issues of pedagogy and learner response to e‐learning as inhibitors to the contribution that e‐learning can make to the corporate university. Corporate ventures Universities Computer based learning Learning organizations Learning methods © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

... Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate ventures Universities Knowledge management Learning organizations Strategic alignment The Netherlands In the current knowledge economy, where knowledge and the application of knowledge is the most crucial asset, many companies feel the need...

... Management development Professional education Human resource development Learning organizations Curricula As corporate clients become more confident in influencing the management education curriculum and business schools become responsible for achieving “outreach” targets there is a need...

...Barry Nyhan; Peter Cressey; Massimo Tomassini; Michael Kelleher; Rob Poell This paper, based on a publication entitled Facing up to the Learning Organisation Challenge, published in April 2003, provides an overview of the main questions emerging from recent European research projects...