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The learning organisation: Conditions of possibility in a feminist NGO

de Wet, Jacques and Schoots, Jonathan LU (2015) In Development in Practice 26(1).
Abstract
Amidst criticism of the concept of “the learning organisation” there is a perspective which is both critical of, and open to, innovative ways of developing the notion of a learning organisation. This article contributes to this perspective by examining the learning practices of a feminist NGO which operates across Southern Africa. The ways in which this NGO has interpreted the idea of a learning organisation and put it into practice are an example of a bottom-up approach which is informed by humanism. The findings of this qualitative study demonstrate both innovative possibilities for organisational learning and potential pitfalls.
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Civil society – NGOs, Gender and diversity, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Development in Practice
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26
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1
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13 pages
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Routledge
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  • scopus:84949934692
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0961-4524
DOI
10.1080/09614524.2016.1118017
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English
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