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Organizational Learning, Organizational Problem Solving and Models of Mind

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Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration

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The literature on organizational learning and its allied fields of research, such as cognitive science, is replete with references to problem solving (Clark, 1997; Evers & Lakomski, 2000; Lakomski, 1998, p. 407). While researchers suggest links between organizational learning and organizational problem solving, little theoretical work has been done on their relationship. This may be because even though the idea of problem solving has a very long history, theoretically developed accounts of the nature of problems and problem solving are rare (Landry, 1995; Smith, 1989). It is common, for example, to read accounts of problem solving that declare problems to be gaps between current and desired states of affairs. While this account suggests how problems may be recognized, it lacks the conceptual depth needed to show how gaps, once recognized, may be closed (Smith, 1988).

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  1. School of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand

    Viviane M. J. Robinson

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  1. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

    Kenneth Leithwood

  2. College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Philip Hallinger

  3. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

    Gail C. Furman

  4. Institute of Education, University of London, UK

    Kathryn Riley

  5. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

    John MacBeath

  6. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Peter Gronn

  7. University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

    Bill Mulford

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Robinson, V.M.J. (2002). Organizational Learning, Organizational Problem Solving and Models of Mind. In: Leithwood, K., et al. Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0375-9_26

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