Research Catalog

Title

Organizational learning and performance : the science and practice of building a learning culture / Ryan E. Smerek.

Author

Smerek, Ryan

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Details

Description

vi, 190 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"In Organizational Learning and Performance: The Science and Practice of Building a Learning Culture, Ryan E. Smerek combines organizational examples with insights from research, to provide readers with a unique and distinctive lens to improve personal and organizational performance. The first section of the book provides an overview of what it means to learn as an individual and how individuals vary in their openness to learn. Drawing from cognitivie and personality psychology, thinking dispositions such as a growth mindset, curiousity, and intellectual humility are explored and how they help foster learning in organizations. In the second section, Smerek describes the principles of a learning culture, providing a look into the world's largest hedge fund, a renowned food company, a highly-regarded children's hospital, and a preeminent innovation and design firm. Through these examples, readers will come to understand the social norms that increase learning. These include a commitment to transparency of thinking and the pursuit of truth, "Big Picture thinking," a willingness to learn from failure, and the social norms needed to foster innovation and creativity. Throughout the book, Smerek draws from compelling examples of organizations and research in the social sciences to demonstrate what it means to build a learning culture--and how it can improve personal and organizational performance"--Dust jacket.

Alternative Title

Science and practice of building a learning culture

Subject

• Organizational learning > Psychological aspects
• Leadership > Psychological aspects
• Organisatorisches Lernen
• Führung
• Wirtschaftspsychologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Organizational learning and performance -- Learning as an individual -- Three metaphors of learning as an individual -- Thinking dispositions that foster learning -- Building a learning culture -- Transparency and pursuing truth -- Big picture thinking and learning -- Learning from failure -- Learning and innovation -- Leadership and building a learning culture -- References -- Appendix: learning culture survey.

ISBN

• 9780190648374
• 0190648376

LCCN

• 2017016181
• 14538463

OCLC

• ocn984743046
• 984743046
• SCSB-8910627

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library