Facilitating organizational change: the role and development of the corporate university

Abstract

There is a growing recognition by senior managers in many large organizations of the strategic impact corporate universities are having on their companies. $ This can be viewed as a consequence of organizations recognizing the power of learning and knowledge as drivers of strategic change. $ This paper contends that this growing recognition is leading to the emergence of a sophisticated form of corporate university, one that is predicated on the principles of organizational learning and knowledge management. $ In order to explore this claim a world-class corporate university model is developed that draws from the work of leading writers and contemporary research.

Corporate Universities’ Configuration in the Italian Context: An Exploratory Study

“…This definition suggests that "such organizations exist in diverse forms, operate under a wide range of titles and undertake a broad spectrum of education, training and development activities" (Prince & Beaver, 2001;p.18). According to Lui Abel and Li (2012) two main features characterize CUs.…”

“…A number of authors have proposed useful taxonomies and typologies to describe the roles played by CUs (Fresina, 1997;Prince & Beaver, 2001). …”

Workplace Learning: Organizations, Ethics, and Issues

“…(1) developing core competencies; (2) transmitting the group's culture; (3) promoting the corporate mission and vision; (4) recruiting members for organizational initiatives; (5) assigning learners to work on company projects; and (6) cutting product development times (Prince and Beaver, 2001;Jarvis, 2001;Hundley, 2002).…”

A educação corporativa sob a perspectiva da inteligência organizacional: uma proposta de metodologia para análise da relação

“…A partir das definições apresentadas para cada componente-chave que compõe a abordagem de processo da educação corporativa (Prince;Beaver, 2001), uma relação foi efetuada com os componentes da abordagem de processo da inteligência organizacional (convergência entre Matsuda, 1993;Choo, 1998), dentro de uma visão paralela estruturada no quadro 5, conforme segue.…”

“…Fonte: Da autora com base em Prince;Beaver (2001), Matsuda (1993) e Choo (1998). De forma teórica, a relação apresentada por meio dos componentes-chave permitiu identificar um conjunto que é composto por elementos comuns entre as abordagens discutidas.…”