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Author Vince, Russ.

Title Rethinking strategic learning / Russ Vince
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Routledge studies in human resource development ; 11
Routledge studies in human resource development ; 11
Contents 1. An introduction -- 2. Strategic learning and HRD -- 3. Power, emotion and organizational learning -- 4. Emotion and strategic learning -- 5. Being taken over -- 6. The politics of imagined stability -- 7. Organizing reflection -- 8. Redefining leadership -- 9. The point of intervention
Summary "Rethinking Strategic Learning is a book that examines learning as both a social and strategic process, invariably linked to emotions and politics that are mobilized by attempts at learning and organizing. It makes a substantial contribution to theories of organizational learning, as well as developing new ideas about critical reflection and collective leadership."
"The author outlines a critical perspective on HRD, arguing that staff responsible for learning and change in organizations have put too much effort into the development of individuals and not enough into understanding organizational dynamics that shape individuals' opportunities and abilities to learn and change. HRD is explained as an intervention within a political system as well as a practice of management and leadership, with all the contradictions that attempting to manage and to lead are likely to reveal. This means that the focus of HRD is on action, on developing the capacity to act, on generating credibility through action, and on influencing and working with others in situations loaded with emotion and politics." "Rethinking Strategic Leaning will be essential reading for students and academics of Management and Organizational Studies, HRD and all those involved in attempts to implement learning and change in organizations."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available online
Subject Organizational learning.
Organizational learning -- Management.
Knowledge management.
LC no. 2003069334
ISBN 0415300576