Purpose – This paper was intended to explore the concept of learning in networks using recent literature from this … emerging field. In order to do so, it takes as a case study a pan‐European e‐learning project, which required collaborative … working and learning within a distributed team. Design/methodology/approach – The approach has been qualitative and …

demonstrate the need to take a broader view of learning and collaboration in networks. Practical implications – The automotive and … collective learning. What seems certain is that for many industries the basis of future competition will be collaborative … learning communities versus collaborative learning communities rather than OEM versus OEM in competing for resources and market …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take an in‐depth look at the differences in learning based on the nature of … proactivity on the learning level. Design/methodology/approach – This investigation drew up a structured questionnaire to better … understand how CEOs face learning issues. A series of χ 2 , t ‐tests, Harman's one‐factor tests, correlations, and regression …

This study explores learning climates within a financial services organisation. Through the use of survey and case … individual, team and organisational learning in the organisation and the managers’ roles in promoting a learning climate. The … the need for a learning climate and a wider and deeper understanding of the nature of learning in the organisation …

Examines the idea of learning in organizations with a particular focus on how organization members learn from … experience, and how managers might foster a facilitating environment for learning. Contends that the idea of the “learning … learning, absent or glossed over in Senge’s work, are framed as questions and addressed from a psychoanalytic frame of inquiry …

Limited published research has examined the role of leaders and managers in building learning capability and learning … organizations. It is speculated that leaders and managers will assume roles such as facilitators of learning, coaches, and teachers … exemplary managers facilitate their employees’ learning in organizations considered to be learning organizations. Thirteen …

for learning is greatest, non‐formal learning methods such as workplace involvement and participation initiated by line … managers can compensate by enabling the required learning and change. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative cross … imposed and the significance of the learning needed/changes required. Middle managers were the focus, being a managerial cadre …

Definitions, development and measurement must be applied to the concept of the learning organization to move it towards … implementation. Many definitions have captured the essence of the learning organization but, until the characteristics or “attributes … allows an examination of the behaviours which will either encourage or inhibit organizational learning. These behaviours can …

Proposes a new way of looking at learning that reflects the complexity and messiness of life. While inefficient … learning habits are just that, the long‐standing cycle, circle, wheel or spiral of learning theory is too neat and organized …. Criticizes the Honey and Mumford approach to learning styles for adopting an approach to experience that is behavioural at the …

Continues from part 1, published in Issue number 2, its critique of learning styles. States the need to take seriously … learning cycle/circle/wheel/spiral. The use of pattern helps reveal deep aspects of learning. Through pattern we also discover … approaches to learning are excellently suited to handling the uncertainty, ambiguity and contentious nature of “wild” problems …