Developing a Culture of Learning in a Changing Industrial Climate: An Australian Case Study

Abstract

The problem and the solution. An organization that does not have a history of being a learning organization but has experienced generally confrontational industrial relations began to change its learning culture. This study suggests that even without a systematic approach, some of the features of a learning organization can develop through efforts at the individual and the systemic levels but that the issue of power relationships in the organization is highly significant.

Two types of learning environment

“…Dymock, 2003;Watkins and Marsick, 2003). Taken together, the consistency with previous research attests to the validity of the proposed definitions and empirical indicators of what constitutes an enabling and a constraining learning environment.…”

Do Age and Education Matter? Organizational Demography as an Influential Factor on Perceptions of a Learning Organization in Law Enforcement

“…This suggests that for the most part, the officers had a neutral perception of their organization as one that promotes learning practices, a learning culture, and continuous learning with a mean at an individual level of 3.26, at the team level 3.10, and at the organizational level 3.40. Conversely, other studies conducted using the DLOQ-A in the international arena indicated that employees perceived their organization as one that promotes learning (Dymock, 2003;Hernandez, 2003;Weldy & Gillis, 2010). However, in this study, the officers did not perceive their organization as one that did or did not promote learning.…”

Horyzonty współczesnego zarządzania

“…Dotychczas kwestionariusz został przetłumaczony na 14 języków, a na podstawie badań przeprowadzonych przy jego użyciu powstało ponad 70 artykułów naukowych (Watkins i O'Neil, 2013, s. 139). Ze względu na liczne zastosowanie w stosunku do pojedynczych firm (Dymock, 2003;Hasson, Tafvelin i von Thiele Schwarz, 2013;Song, Joo i Chermack, 2009), małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw (Kim i Marsick, 2013), przedsiębiorstw państwowych (Sharifirad, 2011;Zhang, Zhang i Yang, 2004), instytucji sek-Źródło: opracowanie własne.…”