Title: Learning, learning organisations and the global enterprise

Authors: Sankaran Manikutty

Addresses: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015, India

Abstract: The steadily increasing degree of globalisation of enterprises implies development of many skills, among which the skills to learn are among the most important. Learning takes place at the individual level, but collective learning and organisational learning are also important. Learning styles of individuals are different and learning styles are affected by the cultural backgrounds of the learners. Organisations need to create conditions for effective learning at the individual, collective and organisational levels. This special issue presents articles dealing with different aspects of learning at each of the above levels.

Keywords: culture; global enterprises; learning to learn; learning organisations; learning styles; globalisation; collective learning; organisational learning; individual learning; cultural background.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2009.026216

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2009 Vol.3 No.4, pp.329 - 337

Published online: 29 May 2009 *

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