ABSTRACT

This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation, and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector. Within this dynamic environment, the pursuit and implementation of approaches that encourage individuals to learn and challenge existing orthodoxy are now dominant on the management agenda. Changes to processes, structures, cultures and the employment relationship per se.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|21 pages

Learning in organisations: theory and practice

Summary

chapter 4|22 pages

The relationship between learning and change

Summary

chapter 7|30 pages

Discussion and analysis: the Rover Group and Volvo

Summary

chapter 9|19 pages

Summary and conclusions