Transformational Learning: Renewing Your Company Through Knowledge And Skills

In their headlong rush to transform themselves to meet the challenges of global competition, companies have invested millions in new technologies and grand reengineering schemes. In all too many cases, the outcomes have been smaller, disgruntled staffs and, from a competitive standpoint, business as usual, or worse. As Daniel R. Tobin demonstrates in this groundbreaking book, while technology may help to facilitate change, change always originates with people. That's why today's most successful businesses are those in which individuals at every level—from the mailroom to the executive suite—are committed to acquiring new knowledge and skills that will help their company win the battle for market share. The concept of the learning organization has been a major theme in corporate America since Peter Senge's 1990 classic The Fifth Discipline. This book provides tools and guidance to help build a learning organization, align learning initiatives with company goals, develop systems for continuous learning, measure learning progress, and foster organizational transformation through case studies and practical techniques.