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Tongsakul, Anuvat; Jitgarun, Kalayanee; Chaokamneard, Weerachai – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this research was to utilize web-based training (WBT) to enhance students' knowledge of learning organization (LO) in a context of electrical technology education in Thailand. The sample chosen for this study included 19 fourth year undergraduate students. The WBT was based on the five disciplines according to Senge (1991) as well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Evaluation Methods, Internet
Chang, Joohee; Chang, Wonsup; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2008
This paper focuses on the relationship between participation in communities of practice (CoP) and outcomes of organizational socialization (learning and adjustment) early in the career. Results from responses of employees in a Korean IT company show that participation in CoP is more strongly related to adjustment (job satisfaction, organizational…
Descriptors: Socialization, Job Satisfaction, Community, Organizational Development
Lessner, Ryan; Akdere, Mesut – Online Submission, 2008
The changing psychological contract has become a focus for organizational development, especially as job roles within organizations continue to change. This literature review examines the evolving employee-employer relationship and how this relationship has impacted career management and organizations for over the past century. The paper…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Psychology, Organizational Development, Literature Reviews
Steele, Jim – Online Submission, 2008
When organizations employ professionals it is critical to comprehend the nature of professional identity as it relates to learning in the workplace. These findings indicate ways that professional identity influences workplace learning behavior in doctors of veterinary medicine. Using grounded theory, ethnographic investigation and analysis…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Veterinary Medicine, Professional Development, Self Concept
Sung, Dia; You, Yeongmahn; Song, Ji Hoon – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of viable learning organizations based on identifying viable organizational learning mechanisms. Two theoretical foundations, complex system theory and viable system theory, have been integrated to provide the rationale for building the sustainable organizational learning mechanism. The…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Systems Approach, Adjustment (to Environment), Human Resources
Randle, Hanne; Tilander, Kristian – Online Submission, 2007
This paper presents how organisational development can be the results when politicians, managers, social workers and teaching staff take part in reflection. The results are based on a government-funded initiative in Sweden for lowering sick absenteeism. Three local governments introduced reflection as a strategy to combat work related stress and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Objectives, Anxiety