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Fisser, Sandra; Browaeys, Marie-Joelle – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: Organizations as complex networks aim to survive. The purpose of this paper is to provide an alternative perspective to current organizational challenges by considering team learning as key factor for surviving this turbulent environment. Design/methodology/approach: The dominating approach in this paper comes from the complexity…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Learning, Systems Approach, Organizational Change
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Schulz, Klaus-Peter; Geithner, Silke – Learning Organization, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how communication and cooperation in inter-organizational networks may bring about organizational learning. A case study of 13 inter-organizational school networks in Germany is carried out for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach: Results of a quantitative survey assessing the performance of…
Descriptors: Learning, Schools, Organizational Communication, Institutional Cooperation
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Caniels, Marjolein C. J.; Romijn, Henny A. – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of supply chain design from the perspective of complex dynamic systems. Unlike extant studies that use formal simulation modelling and associated methodologies rooted in the physical sciences, it adopts a framework rooted in the social sciences, strategic niche management, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Biotechnology, Fuels
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Bourne, Lynda; Walker, Derek H. T. – Learning Organization, 2004
Effective project managers are required to have both "hard" technical skills to help control the iron triangle of time, cost and functional scope as well as relationship management skills to work effectively with people and get the best out of them. This paper argues that project managers also need a third skill: we refer to it as tapping into the…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning Processes, Stakeholders, Administrator Attitudes