APPENDIX- IV
Participant Observation Tool
A Research Study
On
Career Development in a Learning Organization
The organization categorized as Learning organizations and Conventional Organizations
were identified on the basis of the following characteristics-
- Learning and enabling culture exist in the organization
- Creativity and innovation is encouraged by the management
- Interactive processes with its environment
- Continuous skill development of the employees for keeping the organization
upgraded - Participatory decision-making approach by the management
- Two way feedback is in practice
- Employee empowerment to the extent that they had control over their work
- Commitment and motivation among the employees is high
- Knowledge management approach is used in business process
- Team work techniques is followed in most of the assignment
The organizations that reflect more than half of the above characteristics were
placed in Category A(The Learning Organizations) and those organizations that were
devoid of the above listed characteristics were placed in Category B( The Conventional
Organizations)