Organizational resilience : how learning sustains organizations in crisis, disaster, and breakdown /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | All organizational leaders should be concerned about learning and the consequences that ensue when learning is ignored. Learning becomes threatened when leaders value short-term performance over sustained learning, emphasize outcomes over process, and rely on rational decision-making models at the expense of learning from experience. Drawing on a wide range of examples from government, finance, engineering, and commercial air travel, this book illustrates how the breakdown of learning threatens organizational continuity. The book challenges conventional wisdom on why organizations fail by suggesting that the breakdown of learning is behind many high-profile organizational failures. The book outlines ways that leaders learn from their experience and how learning translates into benefits for the organization. A strong case is built for why learning from experience should be on the daily agenda for all leaders. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190245351 0190245352 9780199791095 0199791090 |