We live during an era in which the pace and scope of change are unprecedented. This is particularly true in the Asia‐Pacific region where rapid growth has challenged the capacity of people and organizations to adapt. It has become increasingly clear that learning is now the keystone to...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between change interventions and organizational learning. It seeks to identify the process through which team learning is developed, the factors that affect organizational learning and its influences on organizational...

Purpose – In the 1980s and 1990s enthusiasm for Japanese or “lean” manufacturing methods swept through Western industry. At the time, commentators argued that these methods represented a new paradigm of manufacturing, a radical break with traditional methods. The purpose of this paper is...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the practices of the interim and current CEOs employed in managing a supportive environment conducive for learning as well as sustaining organizational change; and second, to describe the theory of practice guiding their efforts....

Effective project managers are required to have both “hard” technical skills to help control the iron triangle of time, cost and functional scope as well as relationship management skills to work effectively with people and get the best out of them. This paper argues that project managers...

Purpose – This study intends to investigate the extent to which the Sri Lanka Army can be described as a learning organization. Design/methodology/approach – The main tool of analysis used was the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) developed by Marsick and Watkins,...

This paper is based on a survey which benchmarked two large conglomerates in the area of “corporate learning”. One of the problems with the theme of the learning organisation is clear understanding of its meaning, constituent elements, the way learning gets applied, is measured and can be...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore employee perceptions of the development of a learning culture in a medium‐sized manufacturing company that was aspiring to become a learning organization. Design/methodology/approach – The research comprised an extended interview with...