Development and Learning in Organizations: Volume 26 Issue 4

Minimizing potential apathy and loss of meaning associated with overuse of popular management terms

The purpose of this article is to provide a set of practical recommendations or strategies for reducing the potential apathy and/or perceived loss of meaning that may accompany…

Success factors closing AstraZeneca's research site in Lund, Sweden

As part of the AstraZeneca R&D transformation the Lund research site with 900 employees has been closed and the research activities moved to a different geographical location in…

Balanced Scorecard – fostering learning organizations towards achieving strategic results: a case study of an oil PSU in India

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Those “difficult conversations:” how can technology help managers to learn how to hold them in an effective manner?

Managers find holding difficult conversations with staff a challenge. Are the learning messages the same as they used to be and how can technology help now in a way that was not…

How to gain consensus from a group of non‐experts – an educationist perspective on using the Delphi technique

The objective of this paper is to build an understanding of how to bring about change, improve relationships, facilitate knowledge creation and sharing, and support coherence and…

Continuous improvement initiatives at Memorial Healthcare System: Developing leadership skills for long‐term, sustainable change

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Thriving and sustainable employee performance: Save money; invest in people

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Paying the price as firms edge out talent: Knowledge can be lost forever through downsizing

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Interview with Will Chadwick, Vice President UK at Tata Interactive Systems

The purpose of this article is to provide an interview with Will Chadwick.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Reviews the latest learning and development books across the globe and pinpoints practical implications.

Editorial

Instance-based learning: a general model of repeated binary choice

New learning analytics for a new workplace

Best practices and outstanding initiatives (training)

Joint venture, an alternative for knowledge learning

An online information system to support blended training of rural SMEs on e-government

Diary

Teaching without the teacher? Building a learning environment through computer simulations

Accounting education in the Second Life world: opportunities for students, faculty, and businesses

Measuring the effectiveness of informal learning methodologies

Knowledge exchange using Web 2.0 technologies in NGOs

Team role stress: relationships with team learning and performance in project teams

Coaching in the Family Owned Business: A Path to Growth