Department of Culture and Learning

Processes and learning in organization (POLO)

The purpose of the research group is to conduct research in organisational processes, learning and knowledge based organisational change focusing on the interplay between organisational development, learning processes, knowledge and education.

Department of Culture and Learning

Processes and learning in organization (POLO)

The purpose of the research group is to conduct research in organisational processes, learning and knowledge based organisational change focusing on the interplay between organisational development, learning processes, knowledge and education.

POLO Research Group at Aalborg University researches organizational processes, organizational learning, change and innovation in organizations and development of leadership, collaboration, co-creation and well-being in organizational life.

As organizations change and the role and character of organizations and organizing in societies change, the study of learning, development, and human practices such as management and education evolves. Researchers in POLO work from participatory research traditions enabling co-inquiry collaborations across the researcher – practitioner divide, exploring and developing practices, professions, programs, politics and technologies of present day organizing, investigating their implication on human experience, learning and well-being in organizational life.

As a research group POLO has a long tradition of facilitating and researching organizational learning and development processes. From social psychology and human science perspectives considering human beings in terms of relatedness and interdependency, meaning making and interpretive engagements, our aim is to develop research of relevance for practitioners, policymakers and researchers engaged in the study of organizing, organizational practices and organizational learning and development. We feel obliged to contribute to the development of action research methodologies, as well as reflexive and qualitative inquiries, to advance more democratic, inclusive and practice-oriented engagements in the process of research.

Fields of research

Books by POLO

POLO has published a new anthology with the title Leading in Social Processes (original Danish title: Ledelse i Sociale Processer). The book is edited by Lone Hersted and brings a preface by Steen Hildebrandt. Leading in Social Processes draws a realistic picture of a transition time, which calls for new ways of practicing leadership. The 12 chapters point at new relational and sustainable forms of leadership and invite for a discussion on how we should relate to the current challenges within leading, organizing, society, economy and environment – challenges, which we are approaching and already facing. Several of the members from POLO have contributed with chapters to the book

Read more about the content of the book and the authors here

POLO

Members

Contact

Processes and learning in organizations (POLO)
Lone Hersted, Head of Research Group
Kroghstraede 3, 5-234
9220 Aalborg East

Phone: +45 9940 7492
lhersted@ikl.aau.dk