The Learning Organization: Volume 6 Issue 4

Organizational transformation from the inside out: reinventing the MIT Center for Organizational Learning

Jeff Clanon

This article provides experiential based insights into the process of organizational transformation, changing not only the organization’s structure and practice but also the…

The conscious organization

Dennis P. Heaton, Harald S. Harung

New paradigms in science and in management are recognizing that consciousness pervades the evolving order of the natural world and is the essential foundation for organizational…

Empowerment, coercive persuasion and organizational learning: do they connect?

Edgar H. Schein

Although organizational learning is often defined as the result of many individuals learning generatively in an organizational context, the argument is made that such learning is…

Structuring for organizational learning

Jacky Hong

The concept of organizational learning has taken its prominence in the past several decades as a way to achieve competitive advantage. Companies are urged to become “learning…

Learning in acquisitions: understanding the relationship between exploration, exploitation and performance

Cheryl A. Van Deusen, Carolyn B. Mueller

Organizational learning has received widespread attention in research yet few empirical studies exist. This study analyzed the constructs of exploration and exploitation in the…