The Learning Organization: Volume 9 Issue 2

Inquiring into organizational “energy”: a consultancy example

Paul Tosey, Catherine Llewellyn

This article presents an application in organizational consulting of a model that utilises the concept of “energy”. This model has its roots in an ancient framework, the chakra…

Dynamic learning capability and actionable knowledge creation: clinical R&D in a pharmaceutical company

Anders Ingelgård, Jonas Roth, Alexander Styhre, A.B. (Rami) Shani

This article explores the use of organizational learning mechanisms to create actionable knowledge in a pharmaceutical company. An action research based approach was used to…

The learning organisation – myth or reality? Examples from the UK retail banking industry

Lisa Harris

This article considers the issue of learning in the context of new technology projects that have recently been implemented in the UK retail banking industry. Continual changes in…

A shared strategic vision: dream or reality?

Myra Hodgkinson

This paper explores the expressed meanings that 60 middle managers attach to the concept of a shared strategic vision by providing a brief review of the business and management…