.... The Samoan community is a disadvantaged migrant group in Australia who were helped to help themselves to achieve positive change and quality learning in partnership with university researchers. The use of an enabling framework designed by GULL, mainly for developing countries, also proved to be an effective...

...”, and suggest that a great deal of so‐called “organizational” learning may be more accurately described as “shared‐interest‐group” learning. Research limitations/implications A limit of the data reported here is that they are derived from only one employee relations' context (Australia) and two companies...

.... The following case study will present a brief description of the organisation, the changes, general impact of the changes and a micro‐study of the changes for two individuals. Higher education Leadership Career development Australia © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Within...

... Learning processes Health services Hospitals Change management Organizational restructuring Australia This paper focuses on one higher‐level learning process that is an aspect of organisational learning, namely deutero‐learning. It is conceptualised as behavioural adaptations of conditioning...

... organisations in order to improve the learning from projects through the development and use of project histories. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an interpretative investigation of the issues concerning project histories for one leading construction company in Australia. A systems approach...

...Ken Dovey; Richard White Purpose This paper describes and analyses an attempt to engage in transformational learning, oriented to the development of a culture of innovation, at a medium‐size software development organization in Australia. Design/methodology/approach An action research...

... more adequately. The pervasive value‐drivers in three intellectual capital‐intensive sectors in Australia are identified from an analysis of case studies, then specified and extrapolated to provide implications for the strategic management of value and risk in the knowledge‐based firms. The strategic...

... Australia Cognition Learning organizations Workplace learning The concept of learning, when applied to organisations, logically focuses on the learning qualities of collectivities or groups. In contrast, until recently psychological research on learning has been concerned with the individual learner...

...Elisabet Wreme; Sarina Sorrenti Suggests that a major shift in the way organizations are currently managed is required if Australia wants to enhance its future competitive position. Australia needs to capitalize on its perceived strength of being hard working, flexible and innovative while...

..., thousands of others are finding it too difficult. At the same time smaller companies are now vying for quality awards in unprecedented numbers. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Australia Culture Employee attitudes Quality Small firms TQM We need to create a new culture in our organisations...