Handbook of Research on the Learning Organization

Contents:PrefaceAnders OrtenbladPART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND1. Introduction: Putting the Learning Organization into Context: An Emerging Research FieldAnders Ortenblad2. What do we Mean by 'Learning Organization'?Anders Ortenblad3. Putting the Learning Organization into Context: Contributions from Previous WorksAnders Ortenblad, Ziyun Fan, Chenghao Peng, Boying Li, Ziyan Li, Xiaoying Cong and Jie Zhou4. Contextualizing the Learning Organization: Approaches to Research DesignAnders Ortenblad5. Obstacles to the Learning OrganizationDavid Weir and Anders OrtenbladPART II: THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT Section A. Culture and Religion 6. National Culture and the Learning Organization: An Integrative FrameworkPavel Bogolyubov and Mark Easterby-Smith7. Developing Learning Organizations in ChinaJacky F.L. Hong, Robin Stanley Snell and Mian Lin8. Learning Organization Practices in Mexico: An Empirical StudyDavid Joaquin Delgado-Hernandez and Made Torokoff-Engelbrecht9. Islamic Perspective of the Learning OrganizationAini AhmadSection B. Industries and Sectors10. Learning, Trust and Change within the Australian Army: The Development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ)Maya Drobnjak, Christina Stothard, Steven Talbot, Karen E. Watkins and Denise McDowall11. The Police Force: To be or not to be a Learning Organization?Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk12. The Learning Organization in Elderly Care - Can it Fit?Carina Abrahamson Lofstrom13. Family Firms as Learning OrganizationsNaomi Birdthistle and Thomas N. Garavan14. Universities as Learning Organizations: Internationalization and InnovationHong T.M. Bui and Yehuda BaruchSection C. Mixed Contexts15. Public Sector Organizations as Learning Organizations: Insights from the Education System in PakistanMuhammad Babur16. The Learning Organization: Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing CountriesDima Jamali, Yusuf Sidani and Charissa LloydPART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION17. The Universality of Learning Company Principles: A Critical Realist ApproachJohn Burgoyne18. Who is the Learning Organization For? A Stakeholder Contingency Approach to Contextualizing Managerial PanaceasAnders Ortenblad19. 'The Learning Organization' - Drop the Dead Metaphor! Performing Organizing and Learning in Networks (So to Speak)Chris Blantern, Tom Boydell and John Burgoyne20. Alternative Learning OrganizationShih-wei Hsu21. Contextualising the Learning Organization: How will it Help us Learn in the Future?Deborah Ann Blackman22. Towards a Contingency Model: Recommendations for Further ResearchAnders OrtenbladIndex