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From bureaucratic organizations to learning organizations: an evolutionary roadmap

From bureaucratic organizations to learning organizations: an evolutionary roadmap
From bureaucratic organizations to learning organizations: an evolutionary roadmap
Purpose: to track changes in management paradigms from the bureaucratic to the post-bureaucratic to the learning organization model, highlighting core differentiating features of each paradigm as well as necessary ingredients for successful evolution. Design/methodology/approach: the article takes the form of a literature review and critical analysis. Findings: the complexity of the learning organization necessitates gradual evolution. The successful integration of the characteristics of post-bureaucratic firms – empowerment, teamwork, trust, communication, commitment, and flexibility – coupled with an emergent systems perspective can provide improved understanding of how the learning organization disciplines may actually materialize. Originality/value: linking two traditionally encapsulated areas of research namely post-bureaucratic organizations and learning organizations, highlighting an interesting roadmap for successful convergence of post-bureaucratic organizations towards learning organizations
learning organizations, organizational structures
0969-6474
337-352
Jamali, D.
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Khoury, G.
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Sahyoun, H.
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Jamali, D.
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Khoury, G.
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Sahyoun, H.
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Jamali, D., Khoury, G. and Sahyoun, H. (2006) From bureaucratic organizations to learning organizations: an evolutionary roadmap. The Learning Organization, 13 (4), 337-352. (doi:10.1108/09696470610667724).

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Purpose: to track changes in management paradigms from the bureaucratic to the post-bureaucratic to the learning organization model, highlighting core differentiating features of each paradigm as well as necessary ingredients for successful evolution. Design/methodology/approach: the article takes the form of a literature review and critical analysis. Findings: the complexity of the learning organization necessitates gradual evolution. The successful integration of the characteristics of post-bureaucratic firms – empowerment, teamwork, trust, communication, commitment, and flexibility – coupled with an emergent systems perspective can provide improved understanding of how the learning organization disciplines may actually materialize. Originality/value: linking two traditionally encapsulated areas of research namely post-bureaucratic organizations and learning organizations, highlighting an interesting roadmap for successful convergence of post-bureaucratic organizations towards learning organizations

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Published date: May 2006
Keywords: learning organizations, organizational structures

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Local EPrints ID: 47708
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47708
ISSN: 0969-6474
PURE UUID: 2d54e65f-3f23-4d01-9ba6-2d810ada7b4b

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Date deposited: 08 Aug 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:35

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Author: D. Jamali
Author: G. Khoury
Author: H. Sahyoun

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