Aprendizagem contestada em ambiente de mudança radical

This paper offers an analysis of learning in organizations in conditions of radical change, in which organization restructuring was motivated by a change in ideology and ownership. It is argued that in these conditions learning does not necessarily represent an improvement to the collective as a who...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Rodrigues, Suzana Braga, Child, John, Luz, Talita Ribeiro da
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2004
Country:Brasil
Institution:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repository:Revista de Administração de Empresas
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/37318
Online Access:https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/37318
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Learning in organizations
contested learning
radical change
Aprendizagem nas organizações
aprendizagem contestada
mudança radical
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Summary:This paper offers an analysis of learning in organizations in conditions of radical change, in which organization restructuring was motivated by a change in ideology and ownership. It is argued that in these conditions learning does not necessarily represent an improvement to the collective as a whole. The empirical source for this paper is a case study of Telemig, a major Brazilian telecommunications company. The research employed the multiple methods and sources. This approach permitted an investigation of the content and process of learning, and its agents over time. The present study elaborates and illustrates the concept of ‘contested learning’. It concludes that this concept needs to be incorporated into the theory of learning in organizations.