Continuous improvement programs as processes for organizational learning: A case study of a company in the food products industry.
This article intends to show the relationships between quality practices and the process of organizational learning. When we look at the literature about programs of continuous improvement we see that theoreticians consider that the process of organizational learning is a superior stage in the quali...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad del Rosario
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Universidad y Empresa |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/empresa/article/view/928 |
| Summary: | This article intends to show the relationships between quality practices and the process of organizational learning. When we look at the literature about programs of continuous improvement we see that theoreticians consider that the process of organizational learning is a superior stage in the quality culture adopted by companies. To investigate this possibility, we put together a series of indicators taken from classic authors who have written about organizational learning. Adopting a multiple methodology, we applied these indicators to two plants belonging to the Nestlé food product company which have introduced continuous improvement programs over the last two years |
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| ISSN: | 0124-4639 2145-4558 |