The Faster Learning Organization: Gain and Sustain the Competitive Edge(Jossey-Bass Business and Management Reader Series)

Combine speed and knowledge to propel your organization toward success Warren Bennis Executive Briefing Series This guide takes a unique twist on the concept of a learning organization. It proposes the need for a FASTER learning organization (FLO) and goes one step further than other books you've read by specifying the steps necessary to become a FLO. The author fuses concept, strategy, and application of a FASTER learning organization so your organization can: Create superior products and services Use new technology to your advantage Reduce cycle time Become more innovative and resilient Strengthen and reinforce the ability to change Focus on overall, long-term improvement The fully illustrated model for creating and maintaining a FLO will help you, your executives, and managers immediately transform your organization into a more profitable company. Plus, the book includes action ideas to help bring employees at all levels into the process. Enjoy the advantages of a faster learning organization by following the author's unique model, which includes a vision, three strategies, specific tactics and skills, and measurement and reinforcement tools. Here's all you need to know to create an organization that learns faster and stays ahead of its competition. Read it in just 2 Hours!

Table of Contents:
Editor's Preface; Author's Preface; Foreword; 1. The Power of Faster Learning; 2. How Organizations Learn; 3. Launching the FLO; 4. Crafting the FLO Strategies; 5. Transforming the Organizaiton; 6. Hitting Warp Speed; 7. Honing FLO Skills; 8. Maintaning the FLO

About the Author :
BOB GUNS has been involved in learning and development throughout his career, first as an educator and then as a business consultant. As principal of Probe Consulting (based in Summit, New Jersey), Guns focuses on helping such clients as Merck & Co., Allied Signal, Motorola, and NASA become Faster Learning Organizations.

Review :
"Bob Guns has done a masterful job of bringing a critical subject out of the clouds and down to earth where it has relevance in today's complex, global business." -Thomas A. Kayser, manager, organization effectiveness, Xerox Corporation, and author of Mining Group Gold and Building Team Power "As we build the learning infrastructures that help our organizations and teams innovate and respond to changing customer needs, the Faster Learning Model and the FLO Toolkit found in this book are a key part of two solutions we provide." -Larry Mohl and Tom McCarty, consulting services team, Motorola-Land Mobile Products Sector