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The Self-learning Organization in a Changing Professional Environment

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In a professional environment, traditional training approaches are of doubtful value and very cost-intensive; training must therefore be seen in the global context of the whole organization. We use the Maturana and Varela approach to describe organizations as self-aware meta- systems with self-learning competence.

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Asselborn, JC., Jans, JM. (1995). The Self-learning Organization in a Changing Professional Environment. In: Corporate Training for Effective Performance. Evaluation in Education and Human Services, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0667-2_13

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