The supply chain management way of thinking has an important human dimension due to its emphasis on communication and cooperation across all parties comprising the chain. Examination of the basics of supply chain management in parallel with some major trends occurring throughout the training...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe the construction of leadership through authentic dialogues at work and leaders’ actions as contributors to dialogic leadership. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected the data by recording the organisation’s meetings and discussions...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to (re)introduce the concept of Community of Commitment and Practice (CoCP) and to discuss the types of learning that occur in the process. It describes the differences between CoCP and the commonly‐known Community of Practice (CoP), emphasizing the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between actions taken by front-line managers and actions taken by employees as the organization progresses toward a new-shared vision. The shared vision to alter the organization's learning structures was communicated by the...

Purpose – Contemporary organizations emphasize upon continuous learning to be able to face the environmental dynamism and further build a learning organization. The purpose of this paper is to reflect the conceptual framework of learning organization, integrating variables at individual, team,...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between supervisor’s altruistic leadership behavior (ALB) and family-to-work development (FWD) in the context of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and test the mediation effect of learning organization culture (LOC) between...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a conceptual framework to assist members of an inter-company structure in understanding the partner company's interest in interacting and advancing toward a learning organization. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a framework...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the rewards for training in the Spanish wine sector. Design/methodology/approach – Through a questionnaire, Rioja wineries’ employees were asked about the training rewards in the sector. It is addressed different types of rewards (monetary...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to illustrate through a case study how Bernstein's discussion of horizontal discourse can be used to inform processes of management development and organizational learning in multi‐functional organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The approach...

Looks at, discussing in depth, a number of works based on the learning organization. Compares, their strengths and weaknesses, and uses them to illustrate the possibilities and dangers of the current excitement regarding the learning organization. Concludes by redefining the learning...