The concepts of Organizational Learning (OL) and Learning Organisation (LO) have been prevalent in the management literature for several decades [1] [2] – but exactly what, if anything, differentiates Organizational Learning (OL) from Learning Organisation (LO)? Answers are to be found in the SCMS Journal of Indian Management, January – March, 2012, where authors Dr. […]
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The Virtue of Vagueness in Vision Statements
Those tasked with running large organisations sometimes have to make major changes to achieve organisational goals. What can be done to help ensure that these changes are effective? One strategy – proposed by professor Dennis A. Gioia and colleagues at the Department of Management and Organization of Penn State University, is to deliberately introduce a […]
The Hollowness of Management Consulting
Management consulting has been called many things. This new analysis suggests that one might even call it hollow : “Hollow from the start? Image professionalism in management consulting,” Matthias Kipping [pictured here], Current Sociology, July 2011 vol. 59 no. 4 530-550. (Thanks to investigator Dan Vergano for bringing this to our attention.) The author, at […]
Random-promotion researchers look back
On the (approximate) anniversary of their receiving the Ig Nobel Prize in management, the co-winners send this photo taken during Ig week 2010 when most of that year’s winners gathered at Toscanini’s Ice Cream for a celebration. Andrea Rapisarda writes: Almost one year ago: Ig Nobel prize 2010 for Management A shot taken after we […]