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Learning as a Way of Being : Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent
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Learning as a Way of Being : Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water Hardcover - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Vaill, Peter B

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In his 1989 book Managing a Performing Art, Peter Vaill coined the phrase "permanent white water" to describe the turbulent environment in which we all work. Now, Vaill couples the concept of the "learning organization"--continual, on-the-job education and training for managerial leadership--with the continual change that permeates the modern workplace to create an innovative method of "learning as a way of being", based on self-direction, creativity, and expressiveness.

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  • Title Learning as a Way of Being : Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water
  • Author Vaill, Peter B
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, San Francisco, California
  • Date 1996-04-19
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP16546460
  • ISBN 9780787902469 / 0787902462
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.33 x 6.43 x 0.9 in (23.70 x 16.33 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Organizational learning, Executives - Training of
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95048137
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.407

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From the jacket flap

Author Peter Vaill offers a thoughtful critique on the roots of management education. He argues that, if managers are to navigate the waters skillfully, institutions of "higher learning" must teach them how to integrate the discipline of learning into their very beings. Such learning must be marked by strong self-direction, a willingness to take risks, and an openness to the lessons that life teaches outside the classroom. One of the top-ten organization development specialist working today, Vaill's observations on how to embrace continuous learning as a lifestyle make for valuable reading in this age of incessant innovation.

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About the author

PETER B. VAILL is professor of human systems and director of the Ph.D. program at the School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University. In 1985, Vaill was described in Training and Development Journal as one of the top ten organization development specialists in the United States.

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