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Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work (9781591391906): David A. Garvin: Books. Today's business leaders must always know what their stakeholders are thinking--be they customers, employees, constituents, or competitors--and act upon that information in a timely and appropriate manner. How companies collect, decipher, and utilize this knowledge, in fact, may be the real determinant of their long-term viability. Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin's Learning in Action authoritatively dissects these activities as practiced by so-called learning organizations, then clearly outlines the steps necessary to build one of them. Sweeping metaphors and grand themes are far less helpful than the knowledge of how individuals and organizations learn on a daily basis, Garvin writes. The key to success is mastery of the details, coupled with a command of the levers that shape behavior. His book's core offers a practical examination of the three primary routes to corporate learning: collecting intelligence from outside sources (via interview and observation, for example); accumulating data through targeted actions (such as postproject reviews and special programs); and experimenting with alternative outcomes by manipulating variables (including prototype creation and exploratory design testing). Combining research from myriad fields, detailed studies of successful models such as Xerox and the U.S. Army, and snapshots of specific practices at additional firms such as Intel and Wal-Mart, he succeeds in providing a broad, integrated view of the topic that is grounded in scholarship. --Howard Rothman

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