The myopia of learning

Summary

The imperfections of learning are not so great as to require abandoning attempts to improve the learning capabilities of organizations, but that those imperfections suggest a certain conservatism in expectations.

Keywords

Face (sociological concept), Conservatism, Organizational learning, Subject (documents), Ambidexterity

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