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Towards the Learning Company

Towards the Learning Company MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT Volume 20 Part 1 7989 1 MAIN MIKE PEL ER CSML, Lancaster University TOM BOYDELLTransform U.K. Ltd. JOHN BURGOYNE Lancaster CSML, University INTRODUCTION The of the is to attract those con- concept Learning Company beginning cerned with the of in been development people organisations. Having stirred the of In Search of Excellence in terms of how to prescriptions up by for action and innovation and this theme (Peters Waterman, 1982), organise is the one most to in the next few Even likely preoccupy managers years. before the notion has been defined and it has entered thoroughly explored the mainstream. For Item 6 in the new Charter Initiative’s example, Group ’Code of Practice’ uses the term ’Learning Organisation’ (FME/CBI/BIM, as does a recent from to the 1987, p. 5) survey report designate Ashridge of and in et al., phase training development (Barham coming organisations et The is the new frontier and the 1988, 49, p. seq.). Learning Company scouts are back busy bringing reports. while are about it no-one as However, has, many people talking yet, claimed to be able to offer a model of what a working Learning Company is. There is both excitement about http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Education and Development SAGE

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MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT Volume 20 Part 1 7989 1 MAIN MIKE PEL ER CSML, Lancaster University TOM BOYDELLTransform U.K. Ltd. JOHN BURGOYNE Lancaster CSML, University INTRODUCTION The of the is to attract those con- concept Learning Company beginning cerned with the of in been development people organisations. Having stirred the of In Search of Excellence in terms of how to prescriptions up by for action and innovation and this theme (Peters Waterman, 1982), organise is the one most to in the next few Even likely preoccupy managers years. before the notion has been defined and it has entered thoroughly explored the mainstream. For Item 6 in the new Charter Initiative’s example, Group ’Code of Practice’ uses the term ’Learning Organisation’ (FME/CBI/BIM, as does a recent from to the 1987, p. 5) survey report designate Ashridge of and in et al., phase training development (Barham coming organisations et The is the new frontier and the 1988, 49, p. seq.). Learning Company scouts are back busy bringing reports. while are about it no-one as However, has, many people talking yet, claimed to be able to offer a model of what a working Learning Company is. There is both excitement about

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Management Education and Development – SAGE

Published: Apr 1, 1989

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