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A New Study on Fostering Social Informal Learning in Organisations

Knowledge is one of the most important resources possessed by organisations. This is largely because it is one of the primary factors to distinguish one business from another, and it provides the basis of any business’s competitive advantage. Therefore, facilitating learning and the development of knowledge within organisations is crucial. Despite this fact, many organisations […]

#autonomy #exchange of knowledge #individual responsibility #informal learning #learning #learning climate #learning opportunities #learning oriented leadership #learning support #organisational learning #social informal learning #space for learning

in Blog , Human Resources , Research by David Wilkinson
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Sleepiness at work: does alertness management training actually work?

The issue of sleepiness at work is a serious one in many professions. People feeling sleepy, or actually falling asleep at work, can have serious health and safety consequences, but also lowers productivity and can cause a range of other issues to do with a lack of focus, engagement and work absorption. Sleepiness at work […]

#alertness management training #learning #learning and development #on duty sleepiness #organisational learning #shift workers #shifts #sleepiness

in Blog , Learning by David Wilkinson
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Transfer of learning into the workplace – does classroom learning work?

Are workshops and class based learning events really effective? What evidence is there for the transfer of learning into the workplace from such learning interventions? A new study has examined whether there is real transfer of learning from workshop simulations and learning to ‘real-time’ workplace practice and problem solving. The study, took an in-depth look at […]

#learning #organisational learning #Transfer of learning into the workplace

in Blog , Organisational Development by David Wilkinson
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Innovation capacity: how to develop it in your organisation

Innovation capacity is an important concept for any organisation or company, no matter how small or large. The question is what helps to develop greater levels of innovation capacity? Organisations are complex amalgamations of many factors all of which have to come together to produce the outcomes the organisation desires. Research into connections between multiple […]

#Culture #innovation #innovation capacity #learning #Organisational culture #organisational learning

in Blog , Learning , Research by David Wilkinson
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New research shows that managers fail to give time to learning

A new (2017) study looking at staff learning at an organisational level found that while management frequently decrees that learning should take place during working hours, time is rarely given to staff to do that learning. This research briefing was sent to members in June 2017 Implicit and explicit knowledge Management will vs practical […]

#knowledge #learning #learning and development #organisational learning

in Blog , Learning , Research by David Wilkinson
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Why organisational learning fails – a lesson from NASA

Why organisational learning fails: Running a safe and efficient space programme is one of the highest risk jobs of all. A new report shows that investigations into organisational learning with regard to the Challenger and Colombia space shuttle accidents at NASA have shown that fundamental organisational constraints are frequently the greatest impediment to learning. The […]

#learning #learning organisation #organisational learning #organisational learning fails

in Blog , Organisational Change , Organisational Development , Research by David Wilkinson
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How to Develop Organisational Agility and Intelligence

How to Develop Organisational Agility How to Develop Organisational Agility. Many organisations want to develop greater agility and better knowledge management in the face of uncertainty and change. A new study looks at what it is that helps to create greater levels of agility and intelligence / knowledge management capability. The big 3 factors for […]

#How to Develop Organisational Agility #Organisational Agility #Organisational change #Organisational Intelligence #organisational learning

in Blog , Learning by David Wilkinson
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Why many people’s idea about how we learn is just plain wrong

Why the Levels of Learning are not saying what many think they are: The levels of learning are not and were never intended to be about ‘how’ we learn… Many organisations, consultants, institutions and almost all Higher Education (University and Colleges) use Blooms Hierarchy or taxonomy of educational objectives (levels of learning) to describe the learning […]

#learning #learning and development #organisational learning

in The Oxford Review Encyclopaedia of Terms by David Wilkinson

Absorptive capacity: Definition and explanation

Absorptive capacity What is absorptive capacity? Absorptive capacity is an organisation’s ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and use external knowledge, research and practice. In other words, absorptive capacity is the measure of the rate at which an organisation can learn and use scientific, technological or other knowledge that exists outside of the organisation itself. It […]

#learning #learning organization #organisational learning

in Blog , Observations by David Wilkinson
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At what point can you say you have learned something?

“I learned something today…” Did you really? Like really learned it? We often take the idea of learning and having learned for granted and frequently make a series of rather large and unquestioned assumptions about at what point we can actually say someone has learned something. The evaluation of learning in many organisations, including our universities […]

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