Learning Organizations,9781563271106

Learning Organizations

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ISBN13: 9781563271106
ISBN10: 1563271109
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-09-01
Publisher(s): Productivity Pr
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Summary

Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace contains essays by thirty-nine of the most respected practitioners and scholars on this topic. This definitive collection of essays is rich in concept and theory as well as application and example.

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction: Beginner's Mind 1(10)
Sarita Chawla
PART ONE: GUIDING IDEAS 11(112)
Communities of Commitment: The Heart of Learning Organizations
15(30)
Fred Kofman
Peter Senge
Managing the Dream
45(12)
Charles Handy
Ahead of the Wave: Valuing Gender Perspectives in Learning Cultures
57(14)
Marilynne Anderson
Mastering Change
71(14)
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
The Renaissance of Learning in Business
85(16)
John W. Thompson
The Transformational Leader: The Wellspring of the Learning Organization
101(10)
Jayme Rolls
Why Smart Organizations Don't Learn
111(12)
Lisa J. Marshall
Sandy Mobley
Gene Calvert
PART TWO: THEORIES/METHODS/PROCESSES 123(152)
Story
Stories for Learning: Exploring Your Circumstance
127(16)
Diane Cory
Paula Underwood
The Seventh Story: Extending Learning Organizations Far Beyond the Business
143(10)
Barbara Shipka
Dialogues
Dialogue: Capacities and Stories
153(14)
Judy Brown
Mindshift: Strategic Dialogue for Breakthrough Thinking
167(18)
Sherrin Bennett
Juanita Brown
Language as Action: Linking Metaphors with Organization Transformation
185(12)
Susan J. Bethanis
Coaching
Generative Coaching: A Surprising Learning Odyssey
197(20)
Kendall Murphy
Systems
Building Learning Laboratories to Create More Effective Distributed Decision Making
217(12)
W. Brian Kreutzer
FASTBreak™: A Facilitation Approach to Systems Thinking Breakthroughs
229(14)
David P. Kreutzer
Tools
The DNA of the Learning Organization
243(14)
Robert Dilworth
Wisdom at Work: An Inquiry into the Dimensions of Higher Order Learning
257(18)
Dr. Joel Levey
Michelle Levey
PART THREE: INFRASTRUCTURE 275(106)
Learning Communities: An Alternative to the ``Expert Model''
279(14)
Stephanie Ryan
Learning Out of Context
293(12)
Eric Edwards Vogt
Vitalizing Work Design: Implementing a Developmental Philosophy
305(18)
Carol Sanford
Development Strategies for the Knowledge Era
323(14)
Linda E. Morris
The Faster Learning Organization (FLO)
337(14)
Bob Guns
Managerial Practice Fields: Infrastructures of a Learning Organization
351(14)
Daniel H. Kim
Learning as an Organization: A Journey Into Chaos
365(16)
David R. Schwandt
PART FOUR ARENAS OF PRACTICE 381(120)
The Challenge of Stewardship: Building Learning Organizations in Healthcare
385(18)
Alain Gauthier
Restructuring Education: Designing Tomorrow's Workplace
403(14)
John H. Wood
Transforming Mental Models through Formal and Informal Learning: A Guide for Workplace Educators
417(14)
Robert Weintraub
Leadership, Quality and the U. S. Navy
431(14)
Robert L. Masten
Case Studies:
Organizational Learning: Medical Metaphor and Corporate Practice
445(18)
Alan K. Graham
Shared Values: Nutrients for Learning
463(14)
Frank Hoffmann
Bill Withers
Creating a Learning Organization By Accident
477(12)
Mary Byrd
Beyond Ego to Wisdom: The Eicher Experience
489(12)
Dinesh Chandra
Conclusion Reflections of Learning from a Gathering 501(8)
Sarita Chawla
Recommended Reading and Resources 509(17)
How to Contact Authors, Co-Authors, and Co-Editors 526(3)
Index 529

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