Organizational Learning: How Companies and Institutions Manage and Apply Knowledge

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Palgrave Macmillan, May 15, 2009 - Business & Economics - 202 pages

To survive in any economic climate organizations must manage what they know and adapt this knowledge to rapidly changing environments. Organizational Learning demonstrates that companies can reap greater awards in productivity, speed, and profitability by developing the four categories of information management: a company’s Culture that institutionalizes knowledge; the Old Pros with organizational knowledge born of experience; Archives that serves as the institution’s internal repository for knowledge; and the Processes that impose prior learning and discipline on new generations of employees. Drawing on decades of first-hand experience, Jerry Wellman lays an important foundation for those interested in the ways that information is captured and utilized.

About the author (2009)

Jerry L. Wellman has 34 years of experience as an engineer and leader in the aerospace industry. His last position was Vice President of a 2,000 person business unit within Honeywell International. He also holds a BSEE, MBA, a MA in HOD, and a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems. Dr. Wellman is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.