... and permit these partnerships to thrive. P2. Participation in decision making enhances knowledge acquisition in CSSPs. Decision making Learning organizations Organizational learning Strategy Organizational decision making Partnering Regardless of the genesis of the partnership...

... and find a way forward. Learning organizations Knowledge creation Business-to-business marketing Case studies Lateral thinking Management techniques Creativity calls for innovative thinking and new perspectives which go beyond traditional “taken for granted” views on organisational life...

... helmets, not harder ones (Sterngold, 2010). Talent development Business wisdom Capabilities Organizational learning Business improvement Business development Learning organizations Six factors prompt this article. First, we can learn a lot about management from watching kids in action...

... operation, but also financial and innovation results. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Innovation Learning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Romania Learning organizations The research area of innovations has caught the attention of both researchers and policy makers, who...

... structures and strategies to enhance organizational learning have been termed learning organizations. They facilitate learning for all their members and continually transform themselves (Pedler et al., 1989). In learning organizations a climate in which individual members are encouraged to learn...

... for individuals and diminished organisational effectiveness. Helen Sitlington can be contacted at: h.sitlington@ecu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Decision making Downsizing Organizational restructuring Strategic change Learning organizations Organisational downsizing...

... ; Pemberton and Stonehouse, 2000). Learning Learning organizations This paper explores the nature of learning and innovation in the unique setting of Bollywood, the film industry in India. While Bollywood does not match its American counterpart in terms of global recognition, its rapid growth...

... at: j.e.rowley@bangor.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Knowledge management Learning organizations Data, information, knowledge, wisdom – these are the levels in the oft‐quoted DIKW hierarchy (Zeleny, 1987 , Ackoff, 1989), yet for some reason whilst academics, consultants...

... Limited 2005 Competitive advantage Management strategy Knowledge management Learning organizations Resource management The intentions of this paper are three‐fold. On the one hand, as a result of our own investigations, we will provide a comparative analysis of how relevant academic...

.... Originality/value Several propositions are developed and it is hoped that the model is applicable in both eastern and western business environments. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 National cultures Knowledge management Learning organizations China Western hemisphere Nowadays...

... Publishing Limited 2005 Knowledge management Innovation Learning organizations Technology led strategy Information systems Convergent validity, the degree to which multiple attempts to measure the same concept are in agreement, was evaluated by examining the factor loading within each...

... ; Noon and Blyton, 2002). Implied in the organizational literature is that the learning organization is a high performing organization, because of its capability of transferring knowledge into problem solving, creating new knowledge, innovating and successfully adapting to environmental demands...

... her! I don’t think Dan deserved that promotion. Jill thinks the Vice President is an idiot. © Company 1998 Kaizen Lean production Learning Organizations Organizational behaviour Waste It takes a great depth of knowledge and real teamwork to effectively eliminate waste...

... an information system as a plumbing system, the easiest next step is the introduction of a mechanism to improve the circulation of this fluid. That mechanism invariably is a computer system whether appropriate or not[ 20 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Information Learning organizations Literacy...

...Kazem Chaharbaghi; Victor Newman By treating work as socially constructed and innovating as integrated learning, organizations can create new knowledge, models and tools and acquire new experiences to achieve the result they desire in support of their survival and growth. Provides a framework...

... and competition and explores their relationship to organizational learning. Develops a conceptual framework for a competitive learning organization. The proposed model promotes learning at different organizational levels and a learning focus which encompasses the need to understand the dynamics of competitive...

... development Free market Learning organizations Organizational change Organizational restructuring The rapid rise in the level of competition has culminated in a corresponding increase in the level of knowledge together with its wide‐spread dissemination and application[ 1 ]. This has eroded...

... process re‐engineering Downsizing Large companies Learning organizations Organizational change Rationalization Redundancy Strategy Systems redesign Downsizing is one of the most disruptive and dramatic types of organizational change which most leaders are likely to experience. A poorly...

...Ashok Jashapara Draws attention to the growing importance of learning as a major competitive base, which has given rise to the notion of the learning organization. Some commentators believe that the only source of sustainable competitive advantage is likely to be the ability of companies to learn...

... 1 , 1 A revolutionary proposition of a learning organization. The Enterprise School of Management: Turning Dreams into Reality John Platers Management Decision, Vol. 31 No. 1, 1993, pp. 4-9, © MCB University Press Limited, 0025-1747 The idea of the "learning enterprise" has been around for some time...