The Learning Organization

Fast track route to understanding the opportunities and consequences of engaging in organization and individual development as a core business strategy

Covers the key areas of investment, appraisal, analysis, implementation and evaluation and relates the total approach to long term business and organization viability

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including P&O Cross Channel Ferries, Patagonia Inc, Sanyo and Semco, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Chris Argyris, Peter Senge and Geert Hofstede

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

Introduction to ExpressExec

Introduction to the Learning Organization

What is the Learning Organization

Evolution of the Learning Organization

The E-Dimension of Learning Organizations

The Global Dimension of Learning Organizations

The State of the Art

Success Stories in Practice

Key Concepts and Thinkers

Resources for the Learning Organization

Ten Steps to Making Learning Organizations Work

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Index

RICHARD PETTINGER is Lecturer in Management at University College London. He is the author of over thirty books on business and management. He continues to consult and advise organizations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Fast track route to understanding the opportunities and consequences of engaging in organization and individual development as a core business strategy

Covers the key areas of investment, appraisal, analysis, implementation and evaluation and relates the total approach to long term business and organization viability

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including P&O Cross Channel Ferries, Patagonia Inc, Sanyo and Semco, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Chris Argyris, Peter Senge and Geert Hofstede

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.

ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:

01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work

ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.