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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Organizational Learning in Educational Settings (Technical): An Indian Perspective
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Patnaik, B.; Beriha, G. S.; Mahapatra, S. S.; Singh, N. – Learning Organization, 2013
Purpose: This paper seeks to present an empirical study on organizational learning in Indian educational organizations. Design/methodology/approach: The Learning Organization Profile (LOP) Survey is used as the tool for eliciting responses from the staff regarding the nature and state of organizational learning prevailing in educational settings.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Employees
From Learning Organization to Learning Community: Sustainability through Lifelong Learning
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Kearney, Judith; Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to: extend the concept of "The learning organization" to "The learning community," especially disadvantaged communities; demonstrate how leaders in a migrant community can achieve positive change at the personal, professional, team and community learning levels through participatory action learning and action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Disadvantaged, Cultural Awareness
The Role of Facilitators in Project Action Learning Implementation
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Cao, Rui; Chuah, Kong Bieng; Chao, Yiu Chung; Kwong, Kar Fai; Law, Mo Yin – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This paper addresses the importance of a more proactive role of organizational learning (OL) facilitators, learning motivation reinforcer, through a two-part longitudinal study in a case company. The first part of this study aims to investigate and analyze some unexpected challenges in the project action learning-driven (PAL) OL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Experiential Learning, Partnerships in Education
Boundary Breaking in a Hospital: Expansive Learning between the Worlds of Evaluation and Frontline Work
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Kajamaa, Anu – Learning Organization, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this article is to examine whether the boundary between the separate worlds of evaluation and frontline work in a hospital can be overcome. The study provides an example of a rare, innovative creation process of an assessment tool in which the tool users and the tool producer participated. The article aims to widen the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Vertical Organization, Nurses
Toward a Practice Perspective on Strategic Organizational Learning
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Voronov, Maxim – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to add to the emerging literatures on organizational learning and strategic management by developing a practice perspective on strategic organizational learning (SOL). While the literature on SOL has been growing, much of it has targeted exclusively practitioners and has not yet elaborated the mechanics and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Urban Universities, Educational Change, Politics
ICT and Knowledge Construction: Towards New Features for the Socio-Technical Approach
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Cartelli, Antonio – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis and review of the sociotechnical approach as a result of analysis of experiences with the introduction of ICT in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The experiences of the author with the creation of special web sites in palaeography are analysed paying special attention to…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Information Technology, Higher Education, Communities of Practice
An Examination of Educational Institutions' Knowledge Performance: Analysis, Implications and Outlines for Future Research
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Kumar, Naresh; Idris, Khairuddin – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationships between learning organisation dimensions, institutional characteristics and knowledge performance among Malaysian private higher learning institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The researchers sought managers' responses to the dimensions of the learning organisation questionnaire (DLOQ)…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Development, College Environment