Organizational Learning and Development From an Evidence Base [Paperback]

It is now widely accepted that organizational maturity is dependent on being able to reorganize on a continuous basis and learn faster and more effectively than your competitors. Organizations that want to be sure they are competing at the highest level need clear indicators that their organizational learning and development capability is fully functional.

This new book by Paul Kearns focuses on the need for an evidence-based approach to learning and development, bringing together the authors extensive knowledge of HRM and organizational learning with new developments in the field. The book demonstrates how evidence evaluation can improve professionalism in organizational design and development, showing that this approach can create value not just for shareholders, but for employees and society as a whole.

Organizational Learning and Development: From an Evidence Base is the perfect book for postgraduate students studying on evidence-based HRM courses and for the reflective learning and development practitioner.

1.Developing mature organizations for societal value  2.The evaluation challenge - theory and practice  3.Making a convincing case for the strategic value of OL&D  4.Learning design  5.Strategic OL&D is integral to business strategy  6.The role of OL&D in a mature organization  7.Designing and developing the whole system

Chapter 1
Developing mature organizations for societal value - Milton Friedman said a companys only social responsibility is to make a profit - he was wrong - its social responsibility is to create as much societal value as possible from its capital and that includes human capital. What has been holding society back is the failure of the organizational learning and development professions inability to put a value on learning and development. All organizlcA