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Authors: Marcia L. Conner (Editor), James G. (Eds.) Clawson, James G. Clawson
ISBN-13: 9780521537179, ISBN-10: 0521537177
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Marcia L. Conner

James G. Clawson is Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. He is the author of Self-Assessment and Career Development, An MBA's guide to Self-Assessment and Career Development, and Level Three Leadership: Getting Below the Surface.

Marcia Conner is managing director of Ageless Learner, a think-tank and advisory services practice and a fellow of the Batten Institute, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia. She is the author of Learn More Now:
10 Simple Steps to Learning Better, Smarker, and Faster (2004).

Book Synopsis

Innovative approaches that put learning at the center of corporate strategy.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction1
Pt. IPerspectives on a changing world
1Leading and learning with nobody in charge19
2Our world as a learning system : a communities-of-practice approach35
3Developing talent in a highly regulated industry59
4The invisible dogma71
5Looking back on technology to look forward on collaboration and learning89
6Using measurement to foster culture and sustainable growth103
Pt. IIAdaptive approaches to organizational design
7Innovative cultures and adaptive organizations123
8A relational view of learning : how who you know affects what you know152
9Improved performance : that's our diploma169
10The real and appropriate role of technology to create a learning culture186
11The agility factor208
12Tools and methods to support learning networks224
Pt. IIIExpanding individual responsibility
13Envisioning a learning culture : history, self-governing citizens, and no dancing elephants245
14Individual competencies and partnerships : the primary cultural influencers263
15Learning culture in a global context282
16Learning in the company of maniacs302
17Trust, identity, reputation, and learning in organizations314
Afterword326

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