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Publication date: 11 January 2008

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 15 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 1 November 2006

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 13 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 1 September 2006

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 13 no. 5
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ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 1 March 2006

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 13 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 25 September 2007

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 14 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 1 November 2006

Steven Walczak

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The Learning Organization, vol. 13 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 19 September 2008

Peter A.C. Smith

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Special Issue; to provide a practitioner's retrospective views of the learning organization concept; and to comment on the status of…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Special Issue; to provide a practitioner's retrospective views of the learning organization concept; and to comment on the status of The Learning Organization journal.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach adopted involves recounting a personal history of a practitioner's experiences with the concept, and an observation on the health of The Learning Organization journal.

Findings

The paper finds that, although the learning organization concept is deemed narrow and out of date, it is judged to have had significant positive influence on organizational thinking. The Learning Organization is shown to be a healthy and popular journal.

Originality/value

The paper is included in a Special Issue that is part of the series commissioned by the journal on organization‐related topics of interest to its readers. Its originality stems from its examination of the learning organization concept through a particular practitioner's lens, provoking reflection amongst others engaged in both the delivery and the consumption of practice and study.

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The Learning Organization, vol. 15 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 1 December 2002

Steven Walczak

Electronic information retrieval is becoming a necessity for most businesses, including medical practice. Agent technology promises to provide a facile means for intelligently…

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Electronic information retrieval is becoming a necessity for most businesses, including medical practice. Agent technology promises to provide a facile means for intelligently searching the Internet. However, any agent or other electronic information placed onto the Internet poses a security risk. Encryption and firewalls are traditional methods for increasing Internet information security, but are these techniques sufficient to protect adequately electronic information carried by Internet agents? Need to know and partial information strategies are discussed as methods for improving information security for Internet agents.

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Logistics Information Management, vol. 15 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-6053

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Publication date: 19 April 2011

Henk Eijkman

The purpose of this paper is to outline the aims for this journal with the new editor.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to outline the aims for this journal with the new editor.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper gives an overview of TLO in the past and the possible future direction for the journal.

Findings

It is found that: first, the LO as a prescription for organizational change “writ large” has little relevance to contemporary practitioners, consultants, and researchers; second, that the LO concept is in effect a contradiction in terms and therefore fatally flawed to the point it should be abandoned; third, if the journal is to continue the use of the LO concept that it does so pragmatically with a refocusing on tried and tested informal work‐integrated action learning and critical analysis and adopt a distinct critical edge; fourth, that if so, it must adopt broader and more culturally sensitive perspectives that recognise the limitations and biases inherent in this Euro/American‐centric concept and its practices; and fifth, that this of all journals needs to acknowledge and respond to the irresistible tide of the democratisation of information in the digital age and the growth of informal learning both in terms of the papers published and in the way it, as a journal, operates.

Originality/value

The author believes that as an international journal The Learning Organization is eminently placed to engage practitioners, professionals and academics in a progressive dialogue that, though characterized by a questioning stance, recognizes the opportunities to enhance not just organizational productivity and managerial power but also the quality of work environments for all personnel.

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The Learning Organization, vol. 18 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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Publication date: 19 September 2008

Steven Walczak

This article aims to examine international studies of knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning (OL).

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Purpose

This article aims to examine international studies of knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning (OL).

Design/methodology/approach

The approach takes the form of a literature review of KM and OL research that focuses on a business or businesses located outside traditional Western economies.

Findings

There is a need to increase research that examines KM and OL existing in different and multiple countries. Additionally, cultural factors should be included in KM and OL research analysis.

Research limitations/implications

The limitation is that the only practical empirical evidence is supplied through the highlighted articles in the literature review.

Originality/value

The article shows that, in order to increase the application of KM and OL research world‐wide, national culture and other geopolitical influences need to be represented in KM and OL models and measurement instruments.

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The Learning Organization, vol. 15 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0969-6474

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