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This chapter describes how organizations that have used our model have improved organizational learning and performance in ways that led to substantial gains in achieving their strategic goals. Our model illustrates the value of diagnosis and intervention using a learning approach to change. We describe the different ways that the model and instruments can be used: to guide new interventions, to assess and improve existing interventions, to explore new opportunities, or to extract lessons learned by deepening insights into system dynamics. We discuss ways that organizations can use our model and diagnostic survey tools to assess their system learning and performance, and underlying system dynamics.
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Gephart, M.A., Marsick, V.J. (2016). Using Strategic Leverage Through Learning © to Address Organizational Challenges . In: Strategic Organizational Learning. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48642-9_10
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