TITLE:
Learning and Organizational Change: A Case Study of Using Learning Intervention in a Strategic Management Course
AUTHORS:
Sydney Moyo
KEYWORDS:
Coaching and Facilitator Role, Learning Intervention Model, Organizational Change and Learning, Professional Development, Strategic Management, Strategy as Multiple Design Lens
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.11 No.5,
September
13,
2023
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to examine how learning
and organizational change can be constructed using an example of a created
model in the case study of a strategic management program in a business school. Design/me- thodology/approach: The conceptualized learning
intervention model (LIM) is rooted in an analysis of strategy and
organizational change using intervention theory and methods of behavioral
science. It also draws from theories of adult learning and development with a
focus on building a learning community environment. A case study in a business
school environment was conducted with a learning intervention analysis method. Findings: The research concludes
that strategic management education draws from diverse theoretical perspectives
and learning intervention methods constructed from contextual meaning-making of
knowing within practice outlined as interventionist strategies of learning. The
practitioner research paper provides evidence of LIM’s contexts of knowing and
acting drawing on my professional experiences using coaching and facilitative
roles in the educational case study of a strategic management course. More
specifically, the case study reflects understanding the captured processes that
supported the learning environments such as
the analytical process, collective process, reactive process, and emerging learning process. Practice
implications: The results of the research advance awareness of
theories and methods that educational practitioners apply in coaching and
supporting learners of strategic management education. It considers the
importance of learning interventions by inviting strategic management
practitioners to examine how they integrate the theory and practice of
organizational change in creating better learning environments. Originality/value: This
research adds value by providing the benefits of a case study model integrating
learning and organizational change approaches that integrate theory and
methodologies that guided knowledge creation processes using the LIM analysis
methods. The paper concludes with the suggested practical utility of the LIM
approach, as an example of how innovative teaching approaches for educational
practitioners of strategic management education can be constructed. Future
research implications of practitioner research models are encouraged.