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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2024/2025

Organizational Learning and Development

Type: Compulsory course (Business Administration)
Area of studies: Management
Delivered by: Department of Venture Management (Nizhny Novgorod)
Where: Faculty of Management (Nizhny Novgorod)
When: 4 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Waqas Ahmed
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

This course explores the theoretical foundations and practical application of organizational learning and development (OL&D) strategies. Students will understand how organizations can cultivate learning cultures, design and implement effective training programs, and foster continuous improvement.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • 1. Define and explain the key concepts of organizational learning and development.
  • 2. Analyze the factors that influence individual and organizational learning.
  • 3. Evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing OL&D initiatives.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Critically analyze the theoretical foundations of organizational learning, explaining key conceptual frameworks with depth and nuance.
  • Design adaptive learning strategies that can be flexibly implemented across diverse organizational contexts, recognizing the unique learning dynamics of different environments
  • Construct a comprehensive, multi-dimensional evaluation framework to assess organizational learning and development initiatives' effectiveness, efficiency, and transformative potential.
  • Deconstruct the psychological, social, and organizational factors that profoundly influence individual learning readiness and capacity.
  • Systematically identify, categorize, and critically analyze the strategic benefits and potential implementation challenges of organizational learning interventions
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Theoretical Foundation Exploration
  • Contextual Adaptability
  • Comprehensive Evaluation of Learning
  • Psychological and Organizational Factors
  • Strategic Benefits & Challenges of Learning Interventions
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Project
  • non-blocking In Class Activity
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 3rd module
    0.3 * In Class Activity + 0.7 * Project
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Abdul-Halim, H., Ahmad, N. H., Geare, A., & Thurasamy, R. (2019). Innovation Culture in SMEs: The Importance of Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning and Market Orientation. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 9(3), N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1515/erj-2017-0014
  • Beard, C., & Wilson, J. P. (2013). Experiential Learning : A Handbook for Education, Training and Coaching: Vol. 3rd ed. Kogan Page.
  • EDWARDS, M. (1997). Organizational learning in non-governmental organizations: What have we learned? Public Administration & Development, 17(2), 235–250. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199705)17:2<235::AID-PAD943>3.0.CO;2-P
  • Kolesnichenko E., Ivanova E., & Vyzhimova N. (2018). Improvement of methods of staff training in the organization. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1246527

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Argote, L. (2012). Organizational Learning : Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge. Heidelberg: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=528244
  • Argyris, C. (1977). Organizational learning and management information systems. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2, 113.
  • Crimando, W. (2017). Staff Training : An Annotated Review of the Literature. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1544003
  • Čuhlová, R., & Yar, M. I. (2018). Role of Intercultural Training in a Process of Human Resource Internationalization. Acta Academica Karviniensia, (3), 15–26. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=133672537
  • Degens, N. (2015). Presentation intercultural communication: making educational games with agents for intercultural training. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edshbo&AN=edshbo.hanze.pure.rest.2e6bb9ab.e89c.4197.b466.a94bd4a1bc11
  • Dixon, N. M. (2017). The Organizational Learning Cycle : How We Can Learn Collectively (Vol. 2). [N.p.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=507967
  • E. Yousefian, A. Chitsaz, & B Karimpour. (2017). Case Study of Effectiveness Evaluation of Staff Training Courses in Refah Bank. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.86EBFE71
  • Jacob Mincer. (1962). On-the-Job Training: Costs, Returns, and Some Implications. NBER Chapters, 50.
  • Jingzi, D., Wenzhong, Z., & Dimond, E. E. (2016). The Integration of Intercultural Business Communication Training and Business English Teaching. English Language Teaching, 9(2), 77–83. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1087126
  • Joan H. Johnston, Henry L. Phillips, Laura M. Milham, Dawn L. Riddle, Lisa N. Townsend, Arwen H. DeCostanza, … Sean M. Fitzhugh. (2019). A Team Training Field Research Study: Extending a Theory of Team Development. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01480
  • Karina K. Kedzior, Wiebke Röhrs, Ulrich Kühnen, Özen Odag, Frank Haber, & Klaus Boehnke. (2015). Evaluation of an Intercultural Peer Training for Incoming Undergraduate Students at an International University in Germany. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B48031EC
  • Marita P. McCabe, Elizabeth Beattie, Gery Karantzas, David Mellor, Kerrie Sanders, Lucy Busija, … Jessica Byers. (2018). A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a staff training program to implement consumer directed care on resident quality of life in residential aged care. BMC Geriatrics, (1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0966-1
  • Matei Mirabela-Constanta, Hatos Roxana, & Abrudan Maria-Madela. (2010). Hr Training Programs – Case Study: What Are the Participants’ Expectations? Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F749A74B
  • Pfeifer, C., Janssen, S., Yang, P., & Backes-Gellner, U. (2010). Training participation of an aging workforce in an internal labor market. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7A5F78A1
  • Popov A.I., & Fedorenko R.V. (2019). Individualization of Training Using the Resources of International Digital Platforms. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20197105001
  • Rajeev H Dehejia, & Sadek Wahba. (1999). Causal Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs. Http://Www.Uh.Edu/%7Eadkugler/Dehejia%26Wahba_JASA.Pdf.
  • Renkl, A., Solymosi, J., Erdmann, M., & Aleven, V. (2013). Training Principle-Based Self-Explanations: Transfer to New Learning Contents. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A38AB64F
  • Rowan Bayne, & Gordon Jinks. (2013). Applied Psychology : Research, Training and Practice (Vol. Second Edition). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1366879
  • Santos, M. H. (2018). Handbook on Gender and Organizational Change, de Sara Falcão Casaca e Johanne Lortie, Turin, Italy: International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, 2017, 117 pp. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrca&AN=rcaap.com.iscte.iul.10071.16866
  • Seleshi, Sisaye. An organizational learning approach to process innovations: The Extent and Scope of Diffusion and Adoption in Management Accounting Systems [Электронный ресурс] / Sisaye Sekeshi, Jacob J.Bimberg; DB ebrary. - Emerald Insight, 2012. - 171p. – (Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting, Volume 24). - Print ISBN 97817805273446. - Режим доступа: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hselibrary/detail.action?docID=10559559&p00=managerial+accounting. – Загл. с экрана.
  • Training Intercultural Competence for Business (Case Study Aproach) : учеб. пособие / О.А. Данько, Д.В. Еныгин, В.О. Мидова, М.А. Пономарев, Джеймс Ши. — Москва : ИНФРА-М, 2019. — 70 с. - ISBN 978-5-16-107575-3. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/product/1030725

Authors

  • Akhmed Vakas
  • NAZAROV MIKHAIL GENNADEVICH