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Thinking about government learning
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This article is published in Journal of Management Studies.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 91 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Experiential learning & Active learning.read more
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Culture and Organizational Learning
S. D. Noam Cook,Dvora Yanow +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a perspective on organizational learning, drawing on the concept of organizational culture, that can be useful in understanding the case of three small workshops that make "the finest flutes in the world."
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The lessons of learning: Reconciling theories of policy learning and policy change
Colin J. Bennett,Michael Howlett +1 more
TL;DR: Several different explanations of policy change based on notions of learning have emerged in the policy literature to challenge conventional conflict-oriented theories as discussed by the authors, and they identify different actors and different effects with each different type of learning.
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Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization: A Dichotomy Between Descriptive and Prescriptive Research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the dichotomy between two main streams of theorizing in the field of organizational learning: prescriptive writings on the learning organization and descriptive researches on organizational learning which tackle the question "How does an organization learn?"
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Building a Conceptual Approach to Collective Learning: Lessons for Public Policy Scholars
Tanya Heikkila,Andrea K. Gerlak +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretically grounded approach to defining and understanding collective-level learning is proposed. And the key characteristics of collective settings that will likely influence learning processes are identified and defined, and recommendations for policy scholars to apply this approach in studies of learning across diverse policy contexts.
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A Model of Learned Implementation
TL;DR: In this article, a model of Learned Implementation is presented that describes one way in which public managers can learn to enact new policy initiatives using a mix of six organizational processes and variables.
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Categorical and probabilistic reasoning in medical diagnosis
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On how to decide what to do
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