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Learning organizations: developing cultures for tomorrow's workplace

1995; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.33-2216

1943-5975

Sarita Chawla, John Renesch,

Complex Systems and Decision Making

The ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage! This compilation of 34 powerful essays, written by experts recognized worldwide, is rich in concept and theory as well as in application and example. An inspiring follow-up to Peter Senge's Fifth Discipline, these essays are grouped in four sections that address all aspects of learning organizations: the guiding ideas behind systems thinking; the theories, methods, and processes for creating a learning organization; the infrastructure of the learning model; and arenas of practice. The authors move you from thinking in parts to thinking systematically, from absolute truths to coherent interpretations, from problem solving to creating, and from self to community. Whether you are a marketing executive, personnel officer, secretary, strategic planner, plant manager or line supervisor, this collection will forever change your mind about work as a place to learn, create, and have fun - not just a place where you go to 'make a living.'