... presents unlearning as decommissioning, proposing that learning and unlearning are intertwined processes for adjusting organisational behaviour. The second presents a three-category typology of unlearning: replacive, unsettling and pure unlearning, which illustrate integrations of unlearning in change...

...Oskar Tengblad; Anna Karin Olsson; Kristina M. Eriksson Purpose This article aims to explore how manufacturing organizations navigate digital transformation in the era of Industry 5.0, with particular attention to management and learning. By applying the frameworks of dynamic capabilities...

.... Findings By adopting INA business is able to discuss: the nature and role of the network in building systems level change; the role of dyadic relations as a central mechanism for change; and the nature of organizational level capabilities necessary to enhance learning for sustainability. Research...

...Shih‐Yi Chien; Ching‐Han Tsai Purpose This paper seeks to apply the dynamic capability framework to explore why store managers within the same chain of restaurants perform differently. Specifically, this paper argues that knowledge resources and learning mechanisms are critical to the development...

...Olav Eikeland; Davide Nicolini; Jaakko Virkkunen; Heli Ahonen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of theoretical‐genetic reflection in expansive learning and the transformation of an activity. Design/methodology/approach Cultural‐historical activity theory is used...

... into organisational change and learning. Three manufacturing firms, one each from the UK, South Africa and Russia, were studied to investigate sensemaking under conditions of change. Data were collected through narrative interviews and interpreted using an inductive approach borrowing elements from grounded theory...

... for the appropriateness of applying the stages of change model and its measurement in a leadership development context. Results demonstrate that the stages of change model appears to offer useful and pragmatic insight into motivation to learn and on improving the effectiveness of leadership development activities...

... may overlook a number of social processes that may be central to an effective, emancipative theory. This analysis also demonstrates how some elements of CGT may be useful additions to CMS. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Group theory Organizations Learning In this paper, I analyze Kleiner's...

...Art Kleiner Core groups stand as the tangible, but fluid repositories of knowledge, influence and power in organizations. Thus, the core group in any organization is the focal point of organizational learning throughout the organization, because people act to fulfill the perceived needs...

...R. Michael Bokeno This introductory essay attempts to illustrate the emancipatory intent of organizational learning (OL) by connecting its aims and aspirations to prominent themes of critical organization study, including the emancipatory understanding of “learning” by OL, how OL engages...

...Rita A. Durant; James F. Cashman Seeking to move beyond limits in order to solve problems is an important part of organizational learning and is therefore potentially emancipatory. Communicating across boundaries in order to expand capabilities might contribute to understanding and therefore...

...Elena P. Antonacopoulou; Yiannis Gabriel Develops an understanding of the complex interface between emotion and learning and highlights the special contribution of psychoanalytic insights in understanding individuals’ reactions to organizational changes. Explores the extent to which emotions...

...L.A. Montuori An examination of organizational Darwinism – survival of the fittest – via systems theory provides the foundation for a related analysis of the learning organization and the kinds of leaders necessary to pilot organizations through uncertain environments fraught with turbulence...

...Giovanni Masino The relevance of information technology is becoming crucial for most organizations. Learning processes and coordination arrangements are deeply influenced by technological advances. Empirical evidence shows that complex and apparently contradictory outcomes usually result from...

...Mikael Holmqvist Organizations are increasingly dependent on various forms of partnerships to develop and to perform. These organizational partnerships may become potential learning arenas, broadening the learning capacities of the alliances involved. Thus far, the literature on learning...

...Jacqueline van der Bent; Jaap Paauwe; Roger Williams Researchers and practitioners have shown a great deal of interest in the topic of organizational learning in the last two decades. The key dilemma, however, remains whether organizations as entities can do anything in their own right...

...A. Georges L. Romme; Arjen van Witteloostuijn The organizational learning literature distinguishes different levels of learning (zero learning and single, double and triple loop learning) in order to understand the complexity and dynamics of changes in policies, objectives, mental maps...

...Wiggo Hustad How do organizations learn? By examining the literature in this area, several problems in the conventional wisdom about organizational learning are explored. The conditions that enable collective knowledge creation, including the role of expectations, and the effects...

... of these expressions. Code words representing concepts in four function categories emerged: nouns, actions, qualities, and theories. Sentences were re‐formed to reveal concepts and relationships discussed in the text samples. Practical applications of the themes of diversity, learning and development, intuition...

.... Not suprisingly, some of the same people appear as presenters at these conferences. Some are also consultants, who are trying to sell their services. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Belief Learning Management Management styles Religion There has been a dramatic upsurge in interest in spirituality...