Designing the Learning Organization

Learning Organizations as contemporary organizational forms has generated interest amongst management consultants, corporate stakeholders and academic researchers. If one could transform an organization into a learning organization one is ensured of long term survival and sustainability. Yet, inspite of numerous books being available in the market on learning organizations and organizational learning one still remains confused on what factors need to be injected into an organization to transform it into an effective learning company. This book provides information on learning organizations and how to design one in simple and easy to understand language. The book spells out what elements are needed to design a learning organization, discusses relevant theoretical models, ideologies and also provides a brief analysis of the learning organizations within the critical perspective.

Dr. Devi Akella is a Professor at College of Business, Albany State University, Georgia. She completed her Ph.D. and MBA from University of Leeds, UK. She teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests consist of learning organizations and critical management studies.