The Learning Organization: developing Democracy at Work

144 pages. Practical and provocative, this book by one of the worlds experts in manageme nt education offers a fresh perspective on the way organizations work.Bob Garrat t proposes a theory of organizations as learning systems in which success depend s on the ability of managers to become direction-givers and on the organizations capacity for learning continuously.As well as considering the work of other bus iness thinkers, Garratt employs a wide range of experimental models and graphic illustrations to demonstrate both the stagnation which results from the absence of these skills, and the dramatic effects of their positive implementation.Fully revised and with a new introduction, The Learning Organization is a seminal wor k exciting, informative and a challenge to all directors, management educators a nd the business community at large.