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Problems as Building Blocks for Organizational Learning: A Roadmap for Experiential Inquiry

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This article explores the practice of problem-based learning (PBL) in organizational contexts and its contribution to organizational learning. It proposes a learning that is context dependent based on the collective participation of individuals through structured and spontaneous processes. A theory-elaboration approach was adopted by means of an interpretivist methodological paradigm. Rich data were collected from 10 PBL experts and 50 PBL users through convergent interviewing and a qualitative survey respectively. Findings suggest that looking within for answers is a first step to generating more questions for subsequent collaborative inquiry. The process is one of problem—question—reflection—learning—action requiring individuals to handle amplifying and restraining feedback loops for double-loop learning. PBL induces reflective practice and seeks an integrated epistemology.

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Group & Organization Management

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: sage publisher., 2010

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English

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10596011

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Vol. 35, No. 3, June 2010. pp. 243-275

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Organizational learning
Singapore
Problem-based learning
Situated practice
Double-loop learning

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