Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations
This book presents the fundamental concepts of organizational learning (OL) and related topics. In addition, it discusses various factors that influence the success of, and readiness to adopt, OL. In the modern competitive market, companies are look
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Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations
Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations
Kris M. Y. Law Kong Bieng Chuah •
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Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations
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Editors Kris M. Y. Law School of Engineering Deakin University Geelong, Australia
Kong Bieng Chuah Department of Systems Engineering City University of Hong Kong Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
ISBN 978-3-030-23996-1 ISBN 978-3-030-23997-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23997-8
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Preface
This book is about a tried and tested way of organizational learning which we called Project Action Learning or PAL since its inception in the early 2000s. It is the culmination of the learning the authors have collectively achieved through years of case-based action research of PAL implementation in real industrial environments. The authors are most thankful to the collaborations and cooperations of the industrial enterprises and people who participated in this long-running longitudinal research that spanned over 16 years. This book may not be quite the “step-by-step how to do it” guidebook, but we hope it serves a useful reference for practitioners of organizational learning and development. A well-run modern organization has in place operating systems that include staff training and development. This may fulfil the needs of single-loop learning that will help to maintain its existing operations. But it is often inadequate to help an organization today to remain competitive let alone to raise its capability to cope with changes in technolog
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