Murray, Peter
(2002)
Cycles of organisational learning: a conceptual approach.
Management Decision, 40 (3).
pp. 239-247.
ISSN 0025-1747
Abstract
Notes that, in an environment of rapid change, rganisational learning theory appears to offer much for organisations trying to grapple with change and growth. However, not all theorists agree on the methodologies of organisational learning, and there is little consensus about how organisations achieve both change and growth simultaneously. The paper attempts to expand the simplistic idea that organisational learning is an adaptive approach supported by individualized and stand-alone strategies of learning and demonstrates how various conventions of learning can be understood as integrated learning cycles, from which organisations can chart new paradigms of learning in practice. Current theories of organizational learning are imbued with their own sense of history making, clever manifestos that support a workshop or case study approach, and questionable rather than empirical validations of an internally consistent phenomenon. Existing theories of learning, however, are valuable to the extent that they collectively represent a community of practice from which scholars and practitioners benefit. New conceptual approaches are needed, however, to link current practices and empirical observation, so that individualized approaches to organizational learning can be integrated.
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Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
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| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Item Status: |
Live Archive |
| Additional Information: |
Published version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Historic - Faculty of Business - Department of Management and Organisational Behaviour (Up to 31 Mar 2007) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: |
Historic - Faculty of Business - Department of Management and Organisational Behaviour (Up to 31 Mar 2007) |
| Date Deposited: |
20 Nov 2013 23:29 |
| Last Modified: |
14 Dec 2017 04:40 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
competences; learning cycle; organizational learning |
| Fields of Research (2008): |
13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130108 Technical, Further and Workplace Education
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150307 Innovation and Technology Management |
| Fields of Research (2020): |
39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390308 Technical, further and workplace education
35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3599 Other commerce, management, tourism and services > 359999 Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified
35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3599 Other commerce, management, tourism and services > 359999 Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): |
E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
| Identification Number or DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740210420192 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/9059 |
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