Informal Learning: Spontaneity, Serendipity, and the Other Unintentional Ways People Learn in Organizations
by Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute
Category: Business & Economics

Leading Organizational Learning brings togethertoday’s top thinkers in organizationallearning—including Jon Katzenbach, Margaret J. Wheatley, DaveUlrich, Calhoun W. Wick, Beverly Kaye, and other thought andindustry leaders. This handbook helps business, government, andnonprofit leaders understand how to master learning and knowledgesharing within their organizations. This one-of-a-kind volumeis filled with chapters that directly address the most currentideas, concepts, and practices on the topic of organizationallearning. Acclaimed authors, world-renowned thought, global, andindustry leaders, managing directors, and presidents of leadingorganizations have contributed their original essays to thisprovocative collection. Leading Organizational Learning Offers ten guidelines to help key employees and knowledgeworkers do a better job of influencing upper management Demonstrates the best way to move ideas through anorganization Outlines the principles that facilitate knowledgemanagement Explains how people learn on the job Discusses how larger organizations can leverage their“bigness” Proposes a method of knowledge mapping to effectively organizeand use knowledge in decisionmaking Outlines the knowledge and attributes integral to the successof today’s executives Discusses passing knowledge from person to person Explains how consultants can help organizations developideas Debunks the myths and explores the realities of knowledgemanagement