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Collings, D. G. and J. McMackin. 2021. The practices that set learning organizations apart. MIT Sloan Management Review (Summer): 1-6. (Identify a North Star to guide learning and development (L&D) decisions; Establish a skills baseline; Align L&D efforts with strategic priorities; Ensure that the L&D team has the right skills and resources; Design learning to accommodate evolving conditions; Create individualized learning pathways; Stay agile and adapt over time).
Coutu, D. L. 2002. The anxiety of learning. Harvard Business Review (March): 100-107. (Summary).
Dar-El, E. M. 2000. Human Learning: From Learning Curves to Learning Organizations (International Federation for Information Processing). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Garvin, D. A. 2000. Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work. Harvard Business School Press.
Garvin, D. A., A. C. Edmondson and F. Gino. 2008. Is yours a learning organization? Harvard Business Review (March): 109-116.
Gratton, L., M. Balle, J. Morgan, D. K. Sobek II, J. Bughin, R. E. Freeman, J. Burton, and G. C. Kane. 2019. The learning organization: The strongest companies today have cultures of continuous education - they are investing in helping employees develop the skills they need to succeed in a changing world. MIT Sloan Management Review (Spring): 1-26. (This special collection includes: An Introduction; Gratton, L. Who's building the infrastructure for lifelong learning?; Balle, M., J. Morgan and D. K. Sobek II. Why learning is central to sustained innovation; Bughin J. Preparing for the coming skill shifts; Freeman, R. E. and J. Burton. Governments as facilitators of value creation; Kane, G. C. Common traits of the best digital leaders; and Kane, G. C. Digitally maturing companies develop their talent into digital leaders).
Hayes, R. H., S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark. 1988. Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization. New York: The Free Press.
Liker, J. 2003. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From The World's Greatest Manufacturer. McGraw-Hill. (Briefly: 1. Base decisions on a long-term strategy, 2. Create a continuous process flow, 3. Use pull systems, 4. Level the work load to minimize waste, 5. Stop the line to fix problems, 6. Standardize processes and tasks, 7. Use visual controls, 8. Use reliable thoroughly tested technology, 9. Develop leaders, 10. Develop teams, 11. Respect partners and suppliers, 12. Use go-and-see for yourself management, 13. Use consensus decisions, 14. Become a learning organization through continuous improvement).
McNair, C. J. 1990. Responsibility redefined: Activity accounting and the learning organization. CAM-I Research Paper.
Porter, M. E. 1996. What is a strategy? Harvard Business Review (November-December): 61-78. (Summary).
Senge, P. M. 1990. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, NY: Doubleday. (Summary).
Senge, P. M., A. Kleiner, C. Roberts, G. Roth, R. Ross and B. Smith. 1999. The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations. Doubleday.
Senge, P. M., A. Kleiner, C. Roberts, R. Ross and B. Smith. 1994. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. Crown Business.
Simonin, B. L. 1997. The importance of collaborative know-how: An empirical test of the learning organization. The Academy of Management Journal 40(5): 1150-1174.