Learning Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

preparations; publicly advertised medicinal, pharmaceutical and dentifrice preparations; food products; household products; cosmetics and toilet preparations; and chemicals, organic colors and pigments, dye stuffs and intermediates."... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical

2003
Class Lecture

Creating Competitive Advantage Through Organizational Learning

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Knowledge Use and Leverage

Citation

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Learning Tradeoffs in Organizations: Measuring Multiple Dimensions of Improvement to Investigate Learning-Curve Heterogeneity

Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson, Gary P. Pisano & Ann B. Winslow; Health

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

happening in terms of management practices in their hospital. What I see in my studies mapping the adoption of basic management practices across hospitals is a wide dispersion: There are some points of excellence where organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

2008
Chapter

When Learning and Performance Are at Odds: Confronting the Tension

By: Sara Jean Singer and A. C. Edmondson

This chapter explores complexities of the relationship between learning and performance. We start with the general proposition that learning promotes performance and then describe several challenges for researchers and managers who wish to study or promote learning in... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Behavior

Citation

2017
Article

Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral Trajectories of Change Recipients in Global Organizations

By: B. S. Reiche, T. B. Neeley and N. Overmeyer

Research rarely addresses how change recipients respond to radical change across affective, cognitive, and behavioral dimensions over time. We examined a radical change in a recently acquired subsidiary of a U.S.-based global organization over a two-year period. With... View Details

Keywords: Change; Spoken Communication; Globalized Firms and Management; Behavior; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

Citation

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06 Oct 2023
Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

showing how these companies have solved their toughest problems, Frei and Morriss say other leaders can learn to move quickly to strengthen their organizations. Here, Frei and Morriss boil down their process, aligning each step with a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

and team creativity, entrepreneurship, organizations, and society. To develop a research agenda that identifies new questions and approaches relevant to both academics and practitioners. The underlying assumption of the colloquia was that View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

April 2025
Background Note

Climate Change Adaptation with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

By: Michael W. Toffel and Nabig Chaudhry

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have emerged as powerful tools to address climate change. This note summarizes a wide range of the uses of AI/ML to drive climate change adaptation and resilience, the measures organizations and governments are... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Adaptation

Citation

Educators

09 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Building Community: Meet the HBS Latino Student Organization Leadership

The Latino Student Organization (LASO) proudly promotes and supports Harvard Business School’s Latino students and works alongside the Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA). Representing a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, interests,... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning

Africa, an arts and handicrafts cooperative that empowers women to rise out of poverty by selling their own crafts. Another team created a syllabus for teaching entrepreneurship for Mission Schools International, an organization founded... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

2002
Article

When Problem Solving Prevents Organizational Learning

By: Anita L. Tucker, Amy C. Edmondson and Steven Spear

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Learning

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07 Jan 2016
News

Real-World Learning for the Digital Generation

generation. “The work that I’m doing now is trying to create a global organization that makes our kids what they don’t become necessarily at school: good, effective, world-improving people. We want to do this through liberating the new... View Details

19 Jun 2020
Podcast

Dexai: Machine learning in the kitchen

Advances in robotics have opened the way for the ultimate in smart kitchen appliances. Draper Labs spinoff, Dexai, makes the AI brains that coordinate the actions of Alfred, a robotic arm versatile enough follow recipes and handle orders in commercial kitchens.... View Details

1995
Chapter

The Learning Organization: An Integrative Approach

By: A. Edmondson and B. Moingeon

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Integration

Citation

13 Apr 2016
Blog Post

3 Reasons Why Company Conversations Might Be Right For Your Organization

to learn more about the current priorities of your organization and where an MBA skill set would be especially useful in assisting with your strategy. Flexibility: View Details

Keywords: All Industries

2003
Chapter

Understanding Outcomes of Organizational Learning Interventions

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Anita Williams Woolley

Keywords: Outcome or Result; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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01 Dec 2011
News

What HBS Learned from West Point

combat veteran, should know. As an instructor at West Point and head of its Center of Leadership and Organizations Research during the 1990s, Snook helped the academy update its approach to developing military leaders. It came down... View Details

Keywords: military education; National Security and International Affairs; Government