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Direct linkBackstrom, Tomas – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: The generation of resources is a central issue for the sustainability of companies. The purpose of this paper is to deal with two research questions: "Is decentralized generation of resources a possible way to reach sustainability in modern work life?" and "What prerequisites must be formed by organizations and managers to reach…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Resource Allocation, Sustainable Development, Behavior Theories
Hagstrom, Tom; Backstrom, Tomas; Goransson, Susanna – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: Decentralization and company cultures have emerged to master increasing external flexibility, as in a competitive bank in Sweden, raising issues of the sustainability in terms of competence and competence development. The purpose of this paper is to study how the staff members in a bank perceive a company culture and how this perception…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Banking, Work Environment
Backstrom, Tomas – Learning Organization, 2004
A theoretical model of collective learning has been developed based on complex systems theory. The need for collective learning is illustrated by an empirical study of an "unsuccessful" organizational-renewal project in a Swedish Telecom firm. The conclusion, using chaordic systems thinking as a diagnostic framework, is that its interior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Telecommunications, Models
