Valuable Disconnects in Organizational Learning Systems

Valuable Disconnects in Organizational Learning Systems: Integrating Bold Visions and Harsh Realities offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how knowledge skills and capabilities are developed in organizations-and how this process offers deep insights into the predictable barriers to success. Written in a clear accessible style it highlights the crucial part disconnects play in the learning cycle-a role that it is essential to understand in today''s increasingly knowledge-driven work systems. The conceptual framework of the text is grounded in scholarly research and detailed case studies that focus on an organization''s front-line operating practices the governance of training and learning activities and ties to the strategic level. The book highlights six types of organizational learning-including learning that is incremental experimental continuous synergistic entrenched and revolutionary-all of which have different implications for theory and practice. The book is organized into three parts. Part I Bold Visions introduces the importance and great potential of systems for learning training and knowledge. Part II Harsh Realities takes a detailed look at the dynamics of disconnects divergence and dilemmas in the learning process. Finally Part III Integration highlights the interconnections between the Bold Visions and the Harsh Realities. Valuable Disconnects in Organizational Learning Systems: Integrating Bold Visions and Harsh Realities is essential reading for organizational leaders at all levels and it is ideal for courses in industrial/organizational psychology business and public policy.