Abstract articulate and affirm the conditions under which moments of learning occur in
organizations, while remaining attentive to the many ways in which efforts to preserve the …

Despite the rapidly growing interest in organizational learning, there remains a fundamental
dichotomy between visionaries and skeptics regarding its practice. The visionaries (eg …

In this paper we attempt to map the development of organizational learning as a field of
academic study by examining the rise and fall of specific debates. This does not pretend to …

This article provides an overview of current debates in the field of organizational learning
through the device of examining keydivergencies' within the literature. Clear divergencies …

The article provides a brief overview of past research on organizational learning. Current
research themes are identified, including taking a fine-grained approach to characterizing …

This paper reviews the literature on organizational learning. Organizational learning is
viewed as routine-based, history-dependent, and target-oriented. Organizations are seen as …

Traditionally, theories of organizational learning have taken one of two approaches that
sharea common characterization oflearning but differ infocus. One approachfocuses on …

Despite the growing popularity of the term “organizational learning,” writings on thetopic
have little consensus in terms of definition, perspective, conceptualization, and …

The objective of this article is to map the manyfacets of organizational learning into an
integrative and parsimonious conceptual framework that can help researchers and …

This article addresses theoretical and research frontiers for learning research, a second
theme of Professor Argyris essay—the lead article in the “Crossroads” section. We outline …