Organizational learning : the competitive advantage of the future / Gilbert J.B. Probst and Bettina S.T. Büchel.

By:

Probst, Gilbert

Contributor(s):

Büchel, Bettina S. T

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York, N.Y. : Prentice Hall, 1997.Description: xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780134623269 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

658.406 PRO 20

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In order to remain flexible and gain a lasting competitive advantage, todays organisations needs to understand the processes of organisational learning and to be able to adapt accordingly.

This book provides an overview of the key characteristics of a learning organisation and the learning processs needed in order to develop their potential.

"Originally published in German as 'Organisationales Lernen' by Der Gabler Verlag in 1994.".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction
I The Importance of Organisational Learning
1 Case Study: ABB - The Logic of the Global Business
II What Is Organisational Learning?
2 Case Study: Jakob Schlpfer Ltd
III The Nature of Organisational Learning
3 Case Study I: Organisational Learning at Departmental Level: The Training Department in Asea Brown Boveri, Switzerland
4 Case Study II: Organisational Learning at Institutional Level: The Restructuring of Digital Equipment Europe (1992/93)
IV What Prompts Learning In Organisations?
5 Case Study I: IBM
6 Case Study II: Hewlett-Packard
V Who Are The Agents of Organisational Learning?
7 Case Study: Group Project in Allianz Insurance
VI Barriers To Learning
8 Case Study: The Challenger Disaster
IX Facilitating Organisational Learning
10 Case Studies: Use of a Microworld in a Company Planning Seminar
11 Tanaland, or Coping with Complexity
12 Network Thinking in the Kuoni Travel Agency
13 Royal Dutch Petroleum/Shell
14 Maag Technic
15 Winterthur Insurances
16 Forbo International
17 McDonald
18 Digital Equipment Enterprise (1992)
19 Volkswagen Ltd
20 Hewlett-Packard Ltd
21 Digital Equipment Corporation
22 Aare-Emmenkanal Ltd
23 Mind Mapping in ABB Industrie Ltd
24 COCOMAP and ORGMAP
25 Knowledge, Ability and Motivation in Organisational Learning