Partnering : A Structured Management Procedure For Facilitating Team Working Across Boundaries

The essence of a partnership is that it is collaboration amongst equals, with the recognition that by working

The case study will discuss whether the partnership is effective and will discuss the practice of professionals working in partnership as well as on an organisational level; what is the level of partnership professionals have and what are the benefits and

Well planned partnerships are one of the best ways of improving the quality of services particularly to vulnerable individuals whose needs may otherwise be neglected.

Although partners learn from each other through alliances, promoting inter-firm learning happens when all participants acknowledge a number of critical factors that help or hinder collaboration (Dickson et al., 1997). Compatibility is a critical factor when companies decide to join with one another, and management on both sides examine if the partnership will deliver desired results (Dickson et al., 1997). Although partnering with businesses that offer

Many companies are very keen and ready to clinch Work Base Learning in an organization, not mainly because it provide you with lifelong learning, but also it is an important ingredient of what Senge (1990) has termed as the ‘learning organization’. A learning organization is a place in which the learning and flair of persons is backed and promoted so that the organization itself be able to form its future and it also very important to gain competitive advantage.

For most companies, identifying what a learning organization should be and actually becoming one is tricky at best, impossible at worst. One way that manager's and companies can promote the concept of being a learning organization is to assess whether the company is in need of a short-term fix or whether it is more focused on long-term results. Organizational learning is a long-term activity that will build competitive advantage over time and requires sustained management attention, commitment, and effort. Learning organizations maximize their competitive positions during strong economic times and they prudently train their employees and prepare for change even in turbulent times. As a result, learning organizations and learning

Week 9 lecture on Individual learning we came across that in an organization learning derives from the individual learning from each member of the organization. Consequently, individual learning is crucial for organizational learning. Learning is defined as gaining knowledge or skill. Thus, learning incorporates two meaning 1) knowing how-to which is implies the ability to act and 2) Know-why, which shows the

Organizational learning promotes: adaptability, participation and information openness. Consequently, not only employee performance will be enhanced, but also the increase of organizations effectiveness and efficiency.

     In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge emphasizes his model of a "learning organization," which he defines as "an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future." A learning organization excels at both adaptive learning and generative learning.

This paper, therefore, explores, discusses and analyzes the integrated role of Learning organization (as a structural entity) and the organizational learning (as an intrinsic know-how process) that

Garvin, (1993). Defined a “learning organization,” as “an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.” (p. 80). That said, Garvin qualified his definition, by requiring two necessary conditions: (a) for organizational learning to take place, new ideas needed to be introduced. (b) the new ideas had to bring about the improvement of the organization. This requirement or condition meant that the new ideas would be a catalyst for change. The

Jashapara (2011) defines organisational learning as the processes of improving organisational actions through better knowledge and understanding.

Li and Zhou et al. state that a balanced partnership will lead to both parties feeling responsible for the venture and thus increase engagement with the task and therefore increase productivity. Knowledge sharing is emphasized and the knowledge is not simply transferred to the joint venture, but adapted to suit local market conditions.

Peter Senge is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of the widely-acclaimed book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990). He can be said to be responsible for the popularity of the concept of a ‘learning organization’ today.

Deshpande´ and Webster, (1989). Organizational learning performs an essential role in organizational innovation. It supports creativity, inspires new knowledge and ideas and increases the potential to understand and apply them, favours organizational intelligence and with the culture forms a background for orientation to organizational innovation.