The Learning Organization: Volume 4 Issue 4

A review and case study on learning organizations

Will Rifkin, Liz Fulop

Examines popular theories of learning in organizations to highlight their limitations for reform and change. Divides learning approaches into four general strategies �…

Impediments to empowerment and learning within organizations

Laurie Field

Looks at the concepts of “empowerment” and “learning”, and examines the difficulties in making “empowered learning” a reality. Drawing on a series of case studies in the…

Stories within a story: parables from “The New Zealand Experiment”

Michael Cash

Organizations are immersed in their myths and stories which they proclaim through their annual reports, budgets and other formal and informal communications and enact through…

A time for reflection: learning about organizational learning

Stuart Francis

Describes the development of a course on learning organizations for Auckland Business School. Gives a number of different uses of the phrase “learning organization” and outlines…

Using systems thinking tools to help Australian managers increase their capacity for perception

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…