Learning by Design

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"It provides a much-needed bridge from an organizationallearning literature that is often abstract and idiosyncratic toconcrete organizational learning mechanisms that can make the spacefor adaptive learning to occur for individuals, teams and theorganization. Shani and Docherty have created a book that isvaluable for both scholars and practitioners in management andorganizational learning." David A. Kolb, Case WesternReserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA "Collective design is certainly one of the main issues forthe advancement of management and social sciences, and by adoptinga learning perspective Shani and Docherty offer fresh, perfectlygrounded, and valuable views to the field, both in theory andpractice." Armand Hatchuel, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Paris,France "These authors have been pioneers in the area oforganizational learning. The insights and experience on which theydraw, backed by recent case examples, are a major strength of thebook and make it a valuable resource for practitioners in industryand for students of organizational learning and change."Bengt Stymne, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm,Sweden "This book belongs to the management literature, but as so fewlibraries have become learning organisations that it would be goodif more managers read books like this one" ElectronicLibrary