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PAL Driven Organizational Learning: Theory and Practices

A Light on Learning Journey of Organizations

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Kris M. Y. Law

    1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

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  2. Kong Bieng Chuah

    1. Department of Systems Engineering and En, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR

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  • Enriches the understanding of organizational learning and proposes a new model called project action learning (PAL), which breaks down the organizational learning into driver, enabler, learning and outcome

  • Treats both theoretical and practical aspects with case studies from the implementation of the proposed framework included alongside a well-developed analysis of internal infrastructures

  • Includes detailed illustrations to aid the analysis of the phenomena of organization learning

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. From Individual Organizational Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Organization and Individuals

      • Kong Bieng Chuah, Kris M. Y. Law
      Pages 3-6

    3. Organizational Learning as a Continuous Process, DELO

      • Kris M. Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah
      Pages 7-29

  3. The PAL Driven OL Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The PAL Framework

      • Kris M. Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah
      Pages 33-42

    3. The Four Pillars

      • Kris M. Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah
      Pages 43-48

  4. From Theory to Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Implementation of PAL in a Learning Organization

      • Y. C. Chau, K. F. Kwong, Chris R. Cao, Kong Bieng Chauh, Kris M. Y. Law
      Pages 51-92

    3. PAL as the OL Approach, Not a Myth

      • Kris M. Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah
      Pages 93-98

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 99-112
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About this book

Presenting an innovative concept and approach for organization management, this book serves to document an organization’s journey towards the ultimate goal of learning organization. This book also shares the experience on how a OL framework built on established learning theories, could be used effectively, overcoming many of the barriers in a real industrial setting. Utilizing a ready-to-use tool called Project Action Learning (PAL) to analyze real life case studies, the authors introduce a framework that allows teams of people to work and learn over the course of business projects. Equal emphasis is placed on the achievement of pre-set project outcomes and the learning objectives of the participants. In addition, a long term organizational learning strategy is put forward and the necessary supporting infrastructure, in the form of four ‘PAL Pillars’, is described. The concepts and development of the PAL driven Organizational Learning model are inspired by and grounded in, Western and Eastern business philosophies and case studies which offer important insights into the management of organizations who are keen to develop sustainable business practices.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Kris M. Y. Law

  • Department of Systems Engineering and En, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR

    Kong Bieng Chuah

About the editors

The authors have years of practical experience from organization development consulting and research.

The authors have published studies internationally and in several academic publications. This multidisciplinary collaboration represents a combination of knowledge from the West and the East. Furthermore, it presents cross-disciplinary scientific knowledge that includes engineering and humanistic perspectives. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: PAL Driven Organizational Learning: Theory and Practices

  • Book Subtitle: A Light on Learning Journey of Organizations

  • Editors: Kris M. Y. Law, Kong Bieng Chuah

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18014-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18013-7Published: 12 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38457-3Published: 17 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18014-4Published: 03 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 112

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Organization, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

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