Stop eulogizing, complicating or straitjacketing the concept of organizational unlearning, please
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to provide some comments on the four papers, other than the author’s own, that were included in a recent special issue on organizational unlearning.
Design/methodology/approach
The author carefully reads these papers and identify problems that may hinder unlearning research.
Findings
While each paper has its own merits, a common problem shared by the papers is that the concept of organizational unlearning is unnecessarily eulogized, complicated or straitjacketed.
Research limitations/implications
The author’s discussion focuses only on a problem related directly to the concept of unlearning, and does not cover other, though less serious, issues.
Originality/value
The author’s comments help readers better understand the concept of unlearning and so facilitate the further development of unlearning research.
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Citation
Tsang, E.W.K. (2017), "Stop eulogizing, complicating or straitjacketing the concept of organizational unlearning, please", The Learning Organization, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-11-2016-0084
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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