/methodology/approach – The author reviews some of the common arguments against organizational learning, and tries to answer the opponents …

review section finds that the learning organization and operations management literatures are at present poorly connected and … managers that “knowledge” and “learning” do not exist in the ether, but are grounded to a large extent in what organizations do …

This paper is concerned with identifying, from an organizational perspective, the concept of a “learning organization …”. The first section briefly reviews the organizational learning, and business and management literature. The second part … also postgraduate management students. These managers provide interpretations of a “learning organization” within the …

aims to examine the use of new science metaphors in learning organisation (LO) discourse and research. Design … metaphors from the field of science (e.g. mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology) in the field of management. This paper …/methodology/approach – This paper is a theoretical analysis of the use of new science metaphors in LO discourse and research. In particular, the …

need for the development of knowledge, metaphors and language for management of the new forms of organizing, for example …

the use of metaphors is part of the explanation. Following a multi‐disciplinary review of the literature on metaphors … as ways of fostering unconscious learning processes. Suggests that the effect in the sugar project is due to unconscious … learning. Explains how this can happen and stresses the most important. Proposes that consultants use images, stories …

; experiential learning; and creativity and flexibility in program design. These statements serve as a starting point for future … and students regarding the symbiotic relationships between learning and change as fundamental to moving a business school … from a place of learning to a learning organization. The inquiry process of AI opens the system up to learning about itself …

information – thus, finally having an impact on learning. The paper finds that there is an urgent need to share all the knowledge …