A contemporary management perspective of the concept "a culture of learning"

dc.contributor.authorWeeks, F.H.
dc.contributor.authorWeeks, R.V. (Richard Vernon)
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-24T06:16:32Z
dc.date.available2011-11-24T06:16:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIncreasingly researchers attest to the reality of a globally interconnected world, where change has become endemic. Thomas and Brown (2011:17) present a worldview of learning in the 21st century, suggesting learning is “around us, everywhere” and term the phenomenon to be the “new culture of learning”. The discourse in this paper is centred on drawing a comparative analysis of traditional and contemporary management perspectives, as they relate to engendering a culture of learning within institutions in order to deal with the challenges presented by a 21st century of unprecedented contextual complexity. The methodology adopted in compiling this paper is analytically-descriptive in nature and is based on a multi-disciplinary literature study. The literature analysis revealed a fundamental difference between an “ordered” and “complex” system approached in engendering a culture of learning. An important finding stemming from the literature study is that traditional ordered paradigms relating to engendering a culture of learning in contemporary institutions may no longer be effective and the adoption of a complex systems approach is suggested.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipai2011
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_jcman.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationWeeks, FH & Weeks, RV 2011, 'A contemporary management perspective of the concept "a culture of learning"', Journal of Contemporary Management, vol. 8, pp. 498-516.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1815-7440
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Contemporary Managementen_US
dc.rightsJournal of Contemporary Managementen_US
dc.subjectComplex systems theoryen_US
dc.subjectCulture of learningen_US
dc.subjectLearning organisationen_US
dc.subjectOrganisational cultureen_US
dc.subjectCynefin frameworken_US
dc.subject.lcshCorporate cultureen
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational learningen
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational effectivenessen
dc.subject.lcshPersonnel managementen
dc.subject.lcshKnowledge managementen
dc.subject.lcshOrganizational changeen
dc.subject.lcshEmployees -- Training ofen
dc.subject.lcshEmployees -- Effect of technological innovations onen
dc.titleA contemporary management perspective of the concept "a culture of learning"en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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