Teare R, Dealtry R
The Learning Organization, (UK), Vol 5 No 1 98
Start page: 47 No of pages: 14

Summarizes the views of a number of management writers on how to create a learning environment and their definitions of a learning organization. Reports an Internet conference which explored aspects of organizational learning and the concept of the learning organization, focusing on the experience of BAA plc, the UK airports organization to look at the nature of a learning organization and to identify the processes within the organization which support learning. Summarizes the main recommendations arising from these discussions. Analyses how organizations can develop organizational learning and, ultimately, the learning organization, commenting on the views of other management writers.

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Public sector staff working in immigration have taken a lead on ensuring transparency to the public. Previously confidential instructions to immigration staff about how they handle their casework has now been made available to anyone, both on the internet, and in paper form.

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Mark Exworthy and Susan Halford (eds)
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of Southampton; Department of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Southampton.

•What do ‘managerialism’ and ‘professionalism’ mean in today’s public sector?
•How do managers and professionals relate to each other?
•What are the implications of changing notions of managerialism and professionalism? And of changing relations between managers and professionals?

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