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Learning Organization and Transfer: Strategies for Improving Performance
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Weldy, Teresa G. – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: This study aims to explore a relationship between the learning organization and transfer of training as strategies for learning and managing knowledge to make performance improvements and gain or maintain a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach: Various similarities are identified in the literature that are indicative of a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Transfer of Training, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Development
Assessing Change: Can Organizational Learning "Work" for Schools?
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Austin, Manila S.; Harkins, Debra A. – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the effectiveness and practical utility of an organizational learning intervention for an organization that was not progressive, was not specifically chartered as a learning organization, and was situated in an urban, culturally diverse, and under-privileged community. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Intervention, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
Knowledge Transfer among Projects Using a Learn-Forget Model
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Tukel, Oya I.; Rom, Walter O.; Kremic, Tibor – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of learning in a project-driven organization and demonstrate analytically how the learning, which takes place during the execution of successive projects, and the forgetting that takes place during the dormant time between the project executions, can impact performance and productivity in…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Manufacturing, Memory
Designing and Implementing Collaborative Improvement in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise: Action Learning and Action Research (ALAR) in CO-IMPROVE
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Coghlan, David; Coughlan, Paul – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide a design and implementation framework for ALAR (action learning action research) programme which aims to address collaborative improvement in the extended manufacturing enterprise. Design/methodology/approach: This article demonstrates the design of a programme in which action learning and action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Program Implementation, Cooperation