The 'Reality' of Rhetoric and the Learning organization in the UK
| Autor: | Graham Symon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Human Resource Development International. 5:155-174 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8374 1367-8868 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13678860010025409 |
| Popis: | The concept of the learning organization has been prominent in management thinking in theory and practice for the past decade, with many books and articles being written in both North America and Europe and many employers in both the private and public sectors embracing it in their employment strategies. Becoming one is seen as a key to combating - and indeed thriving in - uncertain and adverse operating conditions. The last few decades of management theory have seen an explosion in constructs which carry significant amounts of persuasive language and the learning organization is no different. This paper attempts to problematize the learning organization in terms of the rhetoric inherent its theory. First, it charts where the rhetoric has come from and, second, identifies and analyses certain leitmotifs that are discernible in much of the prominent literature: turbulence and change, unitarism, empowerment, and personal development. Ultimately, this paper attempts to map conceptually the implications of th... |
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