Editors:
- Provides an essential reference guide and guide to teaching Project Action Learning (PAL) at organizations or universities
- Includes case studies and end-of-chapter discussion points to promote debate in the classroom
- Features a syllabus and teaching guide for course leaders
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fundamentals of Organizational Learning and Learning Organizations
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Front Matter
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Building a Learning Organization
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Back Matter
About this book
This book presents the fundamental concepts of organizational learning (OL) and related topics. In addition, it discusses various factors that influence the success of, and readiness to adopt, OL.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Engineering, Deakin University, Deakin, Australia
Kris M.Y. Law
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Department of Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Kong Bieng Chuah
About the editors
Dr. Law obtained her PhD in Organization Learning and MPhil in Machining Processes as well a first degree in Industrial Engineering, at the City University of Hong Kong. She undertook a post-doctoral research scholarship in the National Taiwan University on a regional high-tech industry study and took up a visiting researcher position at the Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering, National Taiwan University (2009-2011). She has also been invited as a visiting scholar in different countries, such as Taiwan, Thailand and Europe (Finland and Slovenia), and also been active as a professional OL consultant promoting project-based action learning (PAL) in high-tech organizations.
Her expertise lies in Organizational Learning and Development (OLD), Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE), Engineering Education, and Smart Industrial Initiatives (SII). She has numerous publications including books, book chapters and journal articles (SCI and SSCI indexed).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Project Action Learning (PAL) Guidebook: Practical Learning in Organizations
Editors: Kris M.Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23997-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23996-1Published: 29 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23999-2Published: 29 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23997-8Published: 20 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 166
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Knowledge Management, Professional & Vocational Education, Innovation/Technology Management, Organization