... understanding of the role of contextual and individual factors in explaining various types of commitment to organizational change, in particular, by examining the distinction between flexible and stable organizational culture, as well as separate dimensions of IRFC. A flexible culture together with both...

... continuous improvements. Organizational change Learning environment Public service organization Workplace development programme New public management (NPM) has become a commonly used improvement approach in the public sector, encouraging administrations to transform into more efficient...

... followed by a description of emergent conceptual framings of the data. This multiple conceptual framing enables the change stories from PCC that follow. The stories of the council, as told by its workers, provide a macro cultural context involving major organizational change and are stories which include...

...Trude Høgvold Olsen; Tone Glad; Cathrine Filstad This study’s contribution to the literature primarily concerns how changes in structural conditions challenge formal and informal learning patterns, and the structural and cultural conditions for these learning patterns. Organizational...

... organizations where the learning potential is higher, evaluations of CC and CP will be higher. Non‐profit organizations Risk management Organizational change Workplace learning All organizations go through changes when striving towards higher effectiveness, competitiveness and survival. The most...

... The argument is driven by conceptual analysis and theoretical synthesis based on theory and research on innovation, organizational change, individual and organizational learning. Findings The proposed framework portrays practice‐based innovation as a cyclical process of adaptive and developmental learning...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Knowledge management Learning organizations Organizational change Self development The crucial aspect of the local organisational cultures inclined towards a decision close to the third, process option. This choice also reflected the actual...

.... Sununta Siengthai can be contacted at: siengthais@ait.ac.th © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Learning organizations Thailand Organizational change Business environment According to Pedler et al. (1991) , HR practices have a strong potential to be a key driver...

... Project management Computer based learning Learning Organizational change The increasing dependency on computer technology in business has created the necessity for companies to provide constant training for their employees. Capability in this technology is necessary in jobs at almost any level...

... to be marginal. Originality/value For knowledge intensive and learning dependent organizations, the study provides some guidance to change management. Organizational change Social accounting Learning Change management Agreement is broadening on the importance of generating organizational...

... to the organisational gender mix, with women forming about 5 per cent of program participants. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Education Training Learning Process management Organizational change Many studies have investigated the links between organisational change and learning...

... computer‐based skills (or “work‐arounds”) but more general, collective cultures of learning within the everyday life of work. This learning is sometimes in keeping with managerial interests, and sometimes not. Organizational change Public sector organizations Deskilling Trade unions Learning...

... Universities Learning Strategy Organizational change Management Our research and client work has shown that there are a range of different routes that can be taken in formulating an organisational learning strategy both in terms of content – what is learned – and process – how it is learned...

..., the understandings are applicable to a wide range of contexts. Organizational change Management Work Internet Education The potential of online learning and development is being realised both by institutions whose core business is education and by enterprises seeking to enhance the development...

... readable to SPSS. Respondents were asked to rate each of the 64 barriers on a 1‐5 scale, from no barrier to very strong barrier, respectively. Distance learning Education Training Organizational change Information technology The list of potential barriers to learners’ use...

... management Organizational change Leadership Learning The internationalized metal industry plays a significant role in the Finnish economy in general, and has been a kind of pioneer in quality development issues at the national level. In Finland, the metal industry was in fact the first industry...

.... Taking the notion of organizational change seriously, it occurred to me that one way of confronting my own disappointment at being demoted was to study change rather than just be a victim of it. After the managerial demotion, a new role as an internal training consultant gave me the opportunity to see...

... leaders’ resistance to change and lists what is needed in leaders to increase their ability to manage organizational change effectively. 1. (1) purpose; 2. (2) identity; and 3. (3) mastery. We have found that people want this dialogue, since they will then have an opportunity...

... for the position. Counselling Interventions Organizational change Workplace learning Organizations must constantly change to stay abreast of their competition, adjust to new market trends, and to make the best possible use of ever changing technologies. While changes typically involve alternations...

... Organizational change Organizational development Systemic thinking In times of organization change, there are often workers who benefit or gain from the changes and others who experience certain losses (e.g., loss of jobs, certain benefits, status). Elisabeth Kubler‐Ross holds that when individuals...