Title: Learning Organizations : Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace Author: John Renesch, Sarita Chawla ISBN: 1563273403 / 9781563273407 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 571 Publisher: Productivity Press Year: 1995 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
What is a learning organization? What are the advantages of creating one? Why should a company want to become a learning organization? Where does one start?
Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace contains essays by thirty-nine of the most respected practitioners and scholars of this topic. This definitive collection of essays is rich in concept and theory as well as application and example.
Lead authors include Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, London Business School's Professor Emeritus Charles Handy, and MlT's Fred Kofman and Peter Senge.
The thirty-two essays in this comprehensive collection are presented in four main parts:
1. Guiding Ideas
2. Theories/Methods/Processes
3. Infrastructure
4. Arenas of Practice
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction : Beginner's Mind
Part I : Guiding Ideas Chapter 1 : Communities of Commitment: The Heart of the Learning Organizations Chapter 2 : Managing the Dream Chapter 3 : Ahead of the Wave: Valuing Gender Perspectives in Learning Cultures Chapter 4 : Mastering Change Chapter 5 : The Renaissance of Learning in Business Chapter 6 : The Transformational Leader: The Wellspring of the Learning rganization Chapter 7 : Why Smart Organizations Don't Learn
Part II : Theories/Methods/Processed Story: Chapter 8 : Stories for Learning: Exploring Your Circumstances Chapter 9 : The Seventh Story: Extending Learning Organizations Far Beyond Business Dialogues: Chapter 10 : Dialogue: Capacities and Stories Chapter 11 : Mindshift: Strategic Dialgoue for Breakthrough Thinking Chapter 12 : Language as Action: Linking Metaphors with Organization Transformation Coaching: Chapter 13 : Generative Coaching: A Surprising Odyssey
Systems: Chapter 14 : Building Learning Laboratories to Create More Effective Distributed Decision Making Chapter 15 : FASTBreak: A Facilitation Approach to Systems Thinking Breakthroughs Tools: Chapter 16 : The DNA of the Learning Organization Chapter 17 : Wisdom at Work: An Inqurity into the Dimensions of Higher Order Learning
Part III : Infrastructure Chapter 18 : Learning Communities: An Alternative to the "Expert Model" Chapter 19 : Learning Out of Context Chapter 20 : Vitalizing Work Design: Implementing a Developmental Philosophy Chapter 21 : Development Strategies for the Knowledge Era Chapter 22 : The Faster Learning Organizations (FLO) Chapter 23 : Managerial Practice Fields: Infrastructures of a Learning Organization Chapter 24 : Learning as an Organization: A Journey Into Chaos
Part IV : Arenas of Practice Chapter 25 : The Challenge of Stewardship: Building Learning Organizations in Healthcare Chapter 26 : Restructuring Education: Designing Tomorrow's Workplace Chapter 27 : Transforming Mental Models through Formal and Informal Learning: A Guide for Workplace Educators Chapter 28 : Leadership: Quality and the U.S. Navy Case Studies: Chapter 29 : Organizational Learning: Medical Metaphor and Corporate Practice Chapter 30 : Shared Values: Nutrients for Learning Chapter 31 : Creating a Learning Organization By Accident Chapter 32 : Beyond Ego to Wisdom: The Eicher Experience
Conclusion
Reflections of Learning from a Gathering
Sarita Chawla Recommended Reading and Resources
How to Contact Authors, Co-Authors, and Co-Editors
Index