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In this chapter, we cover the application of learning curve theory to the firm as a whole. We call this type of learning Progress Functions to distinguish it from Individual Learning (see Chapter 1). Application areas differ considerably; some deal with ‘aggregate planning’; some with ‘capacity planning’ project scheduling, while others discuss the influence of quality (TQM), as well as JIT (Just-in-Time). The latter two items, especially, begin to encroach into ‘organizational learning’ and therefore will appear in the latter part of this chapter, since Chapter 9 deals with the learning organization.
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Dar-Ei, E.M. (2000). Learning in the Plant: The Beginnings of Organizational Learning. In: HUMAN LEARNING: From Learning Curves to Learning Organizations. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3113-2_8
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