Purpose - This study seeks to examine the impact of downsizing and restructuring decisions and processes on perceptions of organisational knowledge and effectiveness after downsizing and restructuring events in "successful" and "unsuccessful" organisations. Design/methodology/approach - The...

This article presents a participatory action knowledge translation (PAKT) framework for creating a learning organization to implement and sustain evidence-based practice in health services. Developed and piloted in the home care sector in Ontario, Canada, the PAKT framework inextricably...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Management Decision, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

The changes in the engineering-construction (E-C) industry of the 21st century requireorganizations to take a more active role in developing knowledge management and learningorganization initiatives. The need to both retain knowledge within the organization and focus oncontinuous human resource...

The changes in the engineering-construction (E-C) industry of the 21st century requireorganizations to take a more active role in developing knowledge management and learningorganization initiatives. The need to both retain knowledge within the organization and focus oncontinuous human resource...

According to results in research considering learning organizations the humankind’s unused potential can be brought to light if employees perform a personal development. Making the continuous development a way of life will improve the performance of employees and the performance of the...

Product innovation has transformed the minds of business people because of its ability to increase productivity. Other than increased productivity it also allows companies to extend the range of the available products to consumers as well as lowering the prices consumers have to pay. Product...