Building the Learning Organization: Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning

by Michael J. Marquardt

Overview

Learning is the key to success and survival in today's workplace.

This essential best-practices toolkit with lessons from world-class leaders - FedEx, Nokia, Alcoa, Whirlpool, Microsoft, and others - tells how to successfully transform an organization into one that not only continually learns from its experiences but quickly translates that knowledge into improved performance.

Rich with hands-on tools and dozens of new examples and case studies, this highly anticipated updated edition of the award-winning Building the Learning Organization puts the power of the author's Systems Learning Organization model into the hands of any manager who wants to participate in building, maintaining, and sustaining the next generation of learning organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857889260
Publisher:	Quercus
Publication date:	05/26/2011
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
Lexile:	1320L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael J. Marquardt, Ed.D. is professor of Human Resource Development and International Affairs as well as Program Director of Overseas Programs at George Washington University. Dr. Marquardt also serves as President of the World Institute for Action Learning and is the author of 20 books, including Leading with Questions and Optimizing the Power of Action Learning.

Table of Contents

Foreword v

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Author xv

Chapter 1 The Emerging Need for Learning Organizations 1

Chapter 2 The Systems Learning Organization Model 21

Chapter 3 Building Learning Dynamics 31

Chapter 4 Transforming the Organization for Learning Excellence 61

Chapter 5 Empowering and Enabling People 93

Chapter 6 Knowledge Management in Learning Organizations 121

Chapter 7 Technology for Building the Learning Organization 155

Chapter 8 Action Learning: The Cornerstone for Building a Learning Or ganization 191

Chapter 9 Becoming a Learning Organization 211

Bibliography 231

Learning Organization Profile 237

Glossary 243

Index 251

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Marquardt's strategies to becoming a learning organization are easily applicable in the corporate setting. If your aim is to develop a learning organization that gains insights into the ever-growing customer expectations, Building the Learning Organization will facilitate your journey.—Simon Reese, Global Revenue Management Advisor, ExxonMobile Lubricants & Specialties

This book clearly shows why becoming a learning organization is no longer a choice but a necessity. The real bonus, however, is that it then goes on to detail the practical steps to make it happen.—Clive Watkins, Principal Management Development Consultant, The Management Centre, London

Organizations have enjoyed unprecedented success in driving sustainable employee engagement through action learning.—Florence Ho, Senior Lecturer, School of Professional Education & Executive Development, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Once thought a fad twenty years ago, Marquardt makes a compelling case that organizational learning is here to stay.—Hallie Preskill, Executive Director, FSG, Strategic Learning and Evaluation Center

Building the Learning Organization has something significant to offer both the researching scholar and practicing CEO. Michael has done an excellent job of highlighting the five subsystems required to create and sustain a learning organization. Most importantly, he has described the complex set of interactions between these subsystems, which should assist organizational leaders with the challenge of how to create a learning organization.—J. Mike Stice, CEO, Chesapeake Midstream Partners

Building the Learning Organization is a must-read for researchers, consultants, business practitioners, and anyone who wants to see their organization run faster than their competitors. This book contains both theoretical and practical insights, providing a balanced perspective of what it takes for an organization to learn.—Roland K. Yeo, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior & International Business, Kuwait Maastricht Business School

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