Learning, trust and change within the Australian Army: the development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ)

Drobnjak, Maya; Stothard, Christina; Talbot, Steven R.; Watkins, Karen E.; McDowall, Denise

doi:10.4337/9781781004906.00019

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“…procedures and policies) than differences. For example, within the military, all personnel have to undertake basic recruit training, which provides a core of shared procedures and knowledge (Drobnjak et al, 2013). It may be that these standard organizational systems or content 'overrode' any team-level differences.…”

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Is the DLOQ learning-oriented leadership isomorphic? Learning-oriented leadership mediates hierarchical teams’ learning dimensions

Stothard

2020

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Purpose Learning organizations are often theorized at a team level, yet there is a lack of team-level studies. This study aims to evaluate if team-level dimensions of a learning organizational questionnaire (DLOQ) measures are reliable and reflect real team properties and if both individual-level and team-level DLOQ leadership mediates the effect of rank on other DLOQ measures. Design/methodology/approach An empirical analysis evaluated if team-level DLOQ measures are reliable and reflected real team properties and if DLOQ learning-oriented leadership mediates the effect of rank or team hierarchy on all other DLOQ measures. A novel approach (random group resampling) was used to evaluate if team level measures reflected either a real team property or a statistical artifact. Next, a series of mediation models evaluated if learning-oriented leadership was isomorphic, namely, displays a similar pattern at both individual and team levels. Findings The analysis found team-level DLOQ measures reflected real properties of the teams and were reliable and learning-oriented leadership mediates between rank and team hierarchy and the other six dimensions at both individual and team-levels (i.e. DLOQ team and individual level were isomorphic). Practical implications The results show that hierarchical teams’ learning capacities can be improved by focusing on the learning-oriented leadership, which overcomes the typically negative effect of hierarchical differences within teams. Originality/value This study provides a significant step forward by applying an innovative analysis that shows that the DLOQ team level measures reflect real team properties and DLOQ leadership displays isomorphic characteristics.

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Is the DLOQ learning-oriented leadership isomorphic? Learning-oriented leadership mediates hierarchical teams’ learning dimensions

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“…The learning challenge then becomes how these large hierarchical and often bureaucratic organizations survive in these turbulent and often destructive conditions. The German and US armies have responded differently to this learning challenge, and these differences provide important lessons for large organizations wishing to become a learning organization, a point increasingly acknowledged in the organization and management literature (Clemons and Santamaria, 2002;Chua et al, 2006;Darling et al, 2005;Drobnjak et al, 2013;Mutch, 2006;Stokes, 2007;Talbot, 2003).…”

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Teaching giants to learn: lessons from army learning in World War II

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2017

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Purpose This paper aims to discuss the “truism” that learning organizations cannot be large organizations and, conversely, that large organizations cannot be learning organizations. This paper analyzes learning in the German and US armies in the Second World War, based on a four-dimensional model of the learning organization. Design/methodology/approach The paper entails a secondary analysis of historical and military sources and data. Findings It is found that the German and US armies differed in learning capacity, which can be plausibly, but not exclusively, related to differences in the battlefield performance between those armies in the Second World War. Research limitations/implications The research scope of the paper is limited to the analysis of two particular armies in the Second World War. Implications of theory reside in the importance of organizational learning capacity and its dimensions for learning in current organizations. Practical implications The paper has clear practical implications for large organizations wishing to become effective and responsible learning organizations. Originality/value This is among the first organizational papers to analyze army learning in the Second World War and to derive lessons from that analysis for current large organizations.

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Learning, trust and change within the Australian Army: the development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ)

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Is the DLOQ learning-oriented leadership isomorphic? Learning-oriented leadership mediates hierarchical teams’ learning dimensions

Is the DLOQ learning-oriented leadership isomorphic? Learning-oriented leadership mediates hierarchical teams’ learning dimensions

Teaching giants to learn: lessons from army learning in World War II

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