Edward D. Hess

Learn or Die

Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780231170246
• ISBN-10: 0231170246
• Artikelnr.: 40751993

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"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