Organizational learning : the competitive advantage of the future / Gilbert J.B. Probst and Bettina S.T. Buchel.
By: Probst, Gilbert.
Contributor(s): Büchel, Bettina S. T.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Prentice Hall, 1997Description: xii, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0134623266.Subject(s): Organizational learningDDC classification: 658.406Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In order to remain flexible and gain a lasting competitive advantage, todays organisations needs to understand the processes of organisational learning and to be able to adapt accordingly.
This book provides an overview of the key characteristics of a learning organisation and the learning processs needed in order to develop their potential.
Biliography: (pages 175-179) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-184).
The importance of organizational learning -- What is organizational learning? -- What is the nature of organizational learning? -- What triggers learning in organizations? -- Who are the agents of organizational learning? -- What are the barriers to learning? -- Facilitating organizational learning -- Learning by developing a strategy -- Learning by developing a structure -- Learning by developing a culture -- Learning by developing human resources -- From knowledge to ability to the intention to learn.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- I The Importance of Organisational Learning
- 1 Case Study: ABB - The Logic of the Global Business
- II What Is Organisational Learning?
- 2 Case Study: Jakob Schlpfer Ltd
- III The Nature of Organisational Learning
- 3 Case Study I: Organisational Learning at Departmental Level: The Training Department in Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland
- 4 Case Study II: Organisational Learning at Institutional Level: The Restructuring of Digital Equipment Europe (1992/93)
- IV What Prompts Learning In Organisations?
- 5 Case Study I: IBM
- 6 Case Study II: Hewlett-Packard
- V Who Are The Agents of Organisational Learning?
- 7 Case Study: Group Project in Allianz Insurance
- VI Barriers To Learning
- 8 Case Study: The Challenger Disaster
- IX Facilitating Organisational Learning
- 10 Case Studies: Use of a Microworld in a Company Planning Seminar
- 11 Tanaland, or Coping with Complexity
- 12 Network Thinking in the Kuoni Travel Agency
- 13 Royal Dutch Petroleum/Shell
- 14 Maag Technic
- 15 Winterthur Insurances
- 16 Forbo International
- 17 McDonald
- 18 Digital Equipment Enterprise (1992)
- 19 Volkswagen Ltd
- 20 Hewlett-Packard Ltd
- 21 Digital Equipment Corporation
- 22 Aare-Emmenkanal Ltd
- 23 Mind Mapping in ABB Industrie Ltd
- 24 COCOMAP and ORGMAP
- 25 Knowledge, Ability and Motivation in Organisational Learning