To create a learning organization, learning must be integrated as a regular part of the job. Written for managers on all levels, this book explores what is takes to become a learning organization, using case studies to demonstrate why learning is important and how to achieve on-going learning success. The individual's learning responsibility is also discussed, including attitudes to learning, stages, and risk taking. Table of Contents Part 1: Why Become a Learning Organization? Learning Organization Checklist What Is a Learning Organization? Why Is Learning So Important Now? What’s the Investment? Who’s Responsible for Learning? Part 2: What It Takes to Become a Learning Organization Tools Important to a Learning Organization The Tools and Their Continuums Getting—and Keeping—the Learning Edge Part 3: The Organization’s Responsibility for Learning Organizational Attitudes Toward Learning Barriers to Learning Managing Organizational Learning Determining What Type of Learning Is Needed Developing Resources—and Resourcefulness—in Learning Part 4: The Individual’s Responsibility for Learning Attitudes to Cultivate in Individual Learners The Stages of Learning Openness to Learning Risk Taking Your Personal Responsibility for Learning Creative or Reactive/Responsive? The Seven Intelligences Five Strategies to Manage Creative Tension Summary Objectives To explain commitment to learning by the organization To explain commitment to learning by the individual To explain training opportunities
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