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• Title:Organizational learning and performance : the science and practice of building a learning culture / Ryan E. Smerek.
  
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• Author/Creator:Smerek, Ryan, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
  

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  • Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HD58.82 .S6123 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Organizational learning--Psychological aspects.
  Leadership--Psychological aspects.
  
• Description:vi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:In Organizational Learning and Performance: The Science and Practice of Building a Learning Culture, Ryan Smerek combines organizational examples with insights from research, to provide readers with a unique and distinctive lens to improve personal and organizational performance.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780190648374 (jacketed hardcover alkaline paper)
  0190648376 (jacketed hardcover alkaline paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Organizational Learning and Performance
  Balancing Exploration and Exploitation z Adaptive versus Technical Challenges
  Aspiration Levels and Learning
  Can an Organization Learn?
  Building a Learning Culture
  Summary
  References
  SECTION I LEARNING AS AN INDIVIDUAL
  2. Three Metaphors of Learning as an Individual
  Absorptive Capacity and the Mind as a Computer
  Transformational Learning and the Mind as a Developing Author
  Implicit Learning and the Intuitive and Reflective Minds
  Summary
  References
  3. Thinking Dispositions That Foster Learning
  Growth Mindset
  Curiosity
  Achievement Orientations
  Intellectual Humility
  Summary
  References
  SECTION II BUILDING A LEARNING CULTURE
  4. Transparency and Pursuing Truth
  Psychological Safety and Self-Censorship
  Handling the Emotional Consequences of Transparency
  Summary
  References
  5. Big Picture Thinking and Learning
  Preferred Futuring
  Mission, Purpose, and Performance
  Implementation Intentions and Small Wins
  Summary
  References
  6. Learning from Failure
  Blameless Reporting and Systemic Thinking
  High Reliability Organizations and Preoccupation with Failure
  Learning Preemptively from Failure: Pre-mortems
  Summary
  References
  7. Learning and Innovation
  Discovery: Anthropology, Empathy, and Problem-Setting
  Ideation: Team Creativity and Positive Affect
  Implementation: Experimenting and Parallel Prototyping
  Summary
  References
  8. Leadership and Building a Learning Culture
  Leadership, Power, and Learning
  Leading as Teaching
  Mental Complexity and Building a Learning Culture
  6. References.