Handbook of Research on the Learning Organization: Adaptation and Context (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series) (Elgar Original Reference)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781004897 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Excellent resource Mark Boccia Good collection of research articles on the Learning Organization with several chapters representing recent scholarly thought (i.e., in the past two years). Excellent springboard for anyone looking to see what the field has already covered and where opportunities for future research lie.
Edited by Anders Örtenblad, Associate Professor, Nottingham University Business School, China
Stothard, S. Hong, S.-w. Sidani, R.S. Watkins, D. Örtenblad, C. Bogolyubov, T. Easterby-Smith, Z. Zhou. Lin, C. Blantern, P. This timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field.In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. Snell, C. Hsu, D. Garavan, P. Drobnjak, M. Babur, Y. Burgoyne, X. Delgado-Hernández, M. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police forc
I highly recommend this book to managers of companies both large and small wanting to compete in the global landscape by highlighting the important learning that occurs in their organizations. --Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business Review . Readers will value analysis and synthesis of what is known from research as well as informed probing of what could be learned through the lens of provocative viewpoints. --Victoria J. Scholars will appreciate Örtenblad's assessment of extant research and arguments made for ''researcher-assisted adaptation'' to balance rigid prescriptions with informed guidance in navigating contextual differences when deciding to enact the learning organization. Örtenblad offers a contingency framework differentiating the idea of the learning organization as portrayed in research and practice to shed light on context as key to the idea's relevance. Marsick, Columbia UniversityThe handbook is a very well researched and excellent tool for