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Part 

5

  Learning and Development

300

Questions

1 

How do people learn?

2 

What are the key learning theories?

3 

How are people motivated to learn?

4 

What is the learning curve and what is its 

significance?

5 

What is organizational learning?

6 

What is the notion of a learning organization 

and how valid is it?

7 

Is there any difference between the concepts of 

organizational learning and the learning 

organization? If so, what is it?

8 

What is self-directed learning?

References

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Cambridge, MA, Blackwell

Argyris, C and Schon, D A (1996) Organizational 

Learning: A theory of action perspective, 

Reading, MA, Addison Wesley

Bandura, A (1977) Social Learning Theory, 

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall

Burgoyne, J (1999) Design of the times,  

People Management, 3 June, pp 39–44

Deming, W E (1986) Out of the Crisis, Cambridge, 

MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center 

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Easterby-Smith, M (1997) Disciplines of 

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Easterby-Smith, M and Araujo, J (1999) 

Organizational learning: current debates and 

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J Burgoyne and L Araujo, Organizational Learning 

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Garvin, D A (1993) Building a learning organization, 

Harvard Business Review, July–August, 

pp 78–91

Honey, P (1998) The debate starts here, People 

Management, 1 October, pp 28–29

Honey, P and Mumford, A (1996) The Manual of 

Learning Styles, 3rd edn, Maidenhead, Honey 

Publications

Kolb, D A, Rubin, I M and McIntyre, J M (1974) 

Organizational Psychology: An experimental 

approach, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall

Lombardo, M M and Eichinger, R W (1996) The 

Course Architect Development Planner, 

Minneapolis, Lominger

Mezirow, J A (1985) A critical theory of self-directed 

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Learning: From theory to practice, San Francisco, 

CA, Jossey-Bass

Pedler, M, Burgoyne, J and Boydell, T (1997) The 

Learning Company: A strategy for sustainable 

development, 2nd edn, Maidenhead, McGraw-Hill

Reynolds, J, Caley, L and Mason, R (2002) How Do 

People Learn?, London, CIPD

Scarborough, H, Swan, J and Preston, J (1999) 

Knowledge Management: A literature review, 

London, IPM

Senge, P (1990) The Fifth Discipline: The art and 

practice of the learning organization, London, 

Doubleday

Skinner, B F (1974) About Behaviourism, London, 

Cape

Wenger, E (1998) Communities of Practice: Learning, 

meaning and identity, Cambridge, Cambridge 

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Resource Management, 34 (2), pp 299–311

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