This book provides a welcome synthesis of the debates surrounding the two different concepts of 'organizational learning' and the 'learning organization'. Hitherto these concepts have represented separate constituencies, literatures and perspectives, despite,thier intersecting concerns. Here international experts explore the links between the two fields of inquiry and develop an integrated framework of concepts and theories that draw in current insights from manaement cognition; theores of knowledge and learning; management parctice; and work psychology. The book provides a meeting place between the two communities of academics and practitioners that does not assume a one-way traffic in concepts and theories. This is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners in management and corporate strategy, as well as all those involved in management training and development.

Organizational Learning - Mark Easterby-Smith and Luis Araujo Current Debates and Opportunities

PART ONE: REVIEW AND CRITIQUES Organizational Learning - Christiane Prange Desperately Seeking Theory? Organizational Learning as the Development of Stories - David Sims Balancing Biases - Marleen Huysman A Critical Review of the Literature on Organizational Learning In Search of a Social Learning Theory - Bente Elkajaer

PART TWO: EVALUATIONS OF PRACTICE The Role of Evaluative Inquiry in Creating Learning Organizations - Hallie Preskill and Rosalie Torres Learning across Organizational Boundaries - Nancy Dixon The Concept of the 'Learning Organization' Applied to the Transformation of the Public Sector - Matthias Finger and Silvia B[um]urgin Brand Learning, Trust and Organizational Change - Amy Edmondson and Bertrand Moingeon Project Design for Learning and Innovation - Karen Ayas Organizational Learning and Organizational Forgetting - Frank Blackler, Norman Crump and Seonaidh McDonald Developing Learning Managers within Learning Organizations - Elena Anthonocopoulou