Learn or Die

New and evolving technologies and increasing globalization continue to impact many businesses. To compete in this rapidly changing environment, individuals and organizations must take their ability to learn - the foundation for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation - to a much higher level. In Learn or Die, Edward D. Hess combines recent advances in neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics, and education with key research on high-performance businesses to create an actionable blueprint for becoming a leading-edge learning organization.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Part I: The Science of Learning
1. Learn or Die: Building a High-Performance Learning Organization
2. Learning: How Our Mind Works
3. Emotions: The Myth of Rationality
4. Learning: The Right People
5. Creating a Learning Environment
6. Learning Conversations
7. Critical Thinking Tools
8. A Conversation with Dr. Gary Klein
Part II: Building a Learning Organization
9. Bridgewater Associates, LP: Building a Learning "Machine"
10. Intuit, Inc.: "It's Time to Bury Caesar"
11. United Parcel Services, Inc.: Being "Constructively Dissatisfied"
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Edward D. Hess is professor of business administration, Batten Faculty Fellow, and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. His many books include Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth (Columbia, 2010) and Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age (2017).

Relazione

"This book does a beautiful job bringing together the most important ideas in organizational learning, established by academics and practitioners over the past thirty years or more, into one place." - Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Edward Hess, Edward D Hess, Edward D. Hess, Hess Edward D.
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.11.2014
• EAN: 9780231170246
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17024-6
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 237 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Columbia Business School Publishing; Columbia Business School Publi
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Organisationspsychologie, Organisationstheorie und -verhalten, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Business / Economics / Finance, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Business & management, Business innovation, Occupational and industrial psychology