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Autor/inn/en | Döös, Marianne; Johansson, Peter; Wilhelmson, Lena |
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Titel | Organizational Learning as an Analogy to Individual Learning? A Case of Augmented Interaction Intensity |
Quelle | In: Vocations and Learning, 8 (2015) 1, S.55-73 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1874-785X |
DOI | 10.1007/s12186-014-9125-9 |
Schlagwörter | Workplace Learning; Organizational Culture; Learning Theories; Experiential Learning; Case Studies; Middle Management; Learning Processes; Interaction; Organizational Change; Qualitative Research |
Abstract | This paper attempts to explore an analogy between individual and organizational learning within experiential learning theory (ELT). The focus is on both the possibility of identifying a learning subject that learns in action, and on the genesis process behind the learning of a suggested learning subject at organizational level. The exploration uses an empirical study of a global software communication organization. The research adopts a qualitative approach, with data from three middle-management layers of a research and development (R&D) unit with 5,000 employees. During the study, shifts of emphasis occurred between two organizational logics, which required work-integrated learning. Metaphorically speaking, the organization was portrayed as "teeming with interaction", and a growing wave of change decisively altered both the thinking and work processes within the organization. The organizational learning process is theoretically understood as an "augmented intense interaction" around a specific content. The subject that learns and upholds the outcome is suggested to be the teeming activity, comprehended as a living organism. In practice, the awareness of an organization as a body that teems with interaction has potential to offer new understanding about how to manage change. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |