Development and Learning in Organizations: Volume 18 Issue 6

Contemporary issues in organizations: The case for the truth – using Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries’ work as a lens

Marianne Tracy

Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries is an influential Dutch writer, scholar and lecturer on leadership with a background in leadership, psychoanalysis and economics. Currently The Raoul de…

Managing change during a transition period: The case of an Indian state

Sasmita Palo, Sweta Panigrahi

Over the past two decades, several countries across the globe have been restructuring their power sector. Orissa has earned the distinction of being the first state in the Indian…

Harmonious management: Leadership and communication in an orchestra

Roderick Shaw

Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the need to develop their capacity to navigate in uncharted waters. Our current performance culture demands instant answers, yet…

Diversity practices: Learning responses for modern organizations

Richard Allen, Gail Dawson, Kathleen Wheatley, Charles S. White

Diversity has increasingly become a “hot‐button” issue in corporate, political, and legal arenas. While many organizations have embraced diversity, others still consider it merely…

Closing the learning gap: Remploy’s use of e‐learning

Caroline Thorpe

The proliferation of e‐learning is challenging the convention, not only of where and how it is possible to learn, but also of who is able to learn. For a number of the UK’s…

Virtual reality keeps learners satisfied: On‐line classrooms are effective corporate training environments, says new US study

The on‐line world has increased the range of possibilities for corporate training. Employees can follow virtual training packages at their own pace without leaving their…

Telefonica’s virtual training turnaround: Increasing employability through e‐learning functions

As a firm that supplies 41 countries and over 65 million clients, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica has a lot of staff to train. What is more, in a business climate…

How training pays for young Austrians: Qualifications count

For British Prime Minister Tony Blair, “Education, Education, Education” has become something of a mantra. Nothing comes close, he argues, for the future well being of the nation…

Learning to forget and forgetting to learn: Towards effective management of organizational knowledge

Elephants supposedly never forget. On the contrary, many companies unfortunately do, while others find it difficult to learn much in the first place. Such companies clearly need…