ANNE, Keegan <br/><br/>
Quantity versus quality in project-based learning practices 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> In the midst of the turbulence wrought by the global economy, it has become common to see projects as an essential medium for achieving change. However, project-based learning practices - as a subset of organizational learning practices - have not kept pace with this developmet. To explore this concern, we have carried out a study on practices adopted by organizations for learning through projects involving nineteen companies from across Europe and from a range of different industries. We use the concepts of variation, selection ad retention in organizational learning to analyze our findings and report the challenges faced by project-based organizations in each of the areas highlighted. We conclude that time pressure,s centralization and deferral are the key characteristics of learning in project-based firms and that these impede project-based memebers in learning form and through projects 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Centralization<br/>Penalidade Administrativa<br/>Organizational Learning<br/>Projects<br/>Reflection<br/>Time