THE LEARNING IMPERATIVE Managing People for Continuous Innovation

The Learning Imperative is an invaluable resource for any manager striving to cope with today's environment of organizational innovation & change. Learning at all levels of the organization is not just an advantage; it's an imperative. Managers need to know how to design, build, & lead organizations that make continuous "organizational innovation" the cornerstone of their companies' competitive strategy. The Learning Imperative brings together for the first time 15 recent articles on this topic from the Harvard Business Review. Spelling out the logic, organizational design, psychological challenges, & key implementation issues of the learning organization, this anthology features the work of well-known management experts like Chris Argyris, Peter Drucker, & George Stalk; interviews with leading CEOs such as Paul Allaire of Xerox & Nicholas Hayek of SMH, maker of Swatch watches; & detailed profiles & case studies of innovative companies from around the world, including Canon, Honda, Levi Strauss, Motorola, & Wal-Mart.