The Black Box of Governmental Learning: The Learning Spiral -- A Concept to Organize Learning in Governments

by Bidjan Nashat and Raoul Blindenbacher

Little is known about how governments learn best or what exactly makes them change their behavior in a targeted way. Governments consist of thousands of state officials and numerous institutional units-the executive branch, parliaments, the judiciary, and the civil service-which function under unique political conditions and environments. Experience has shown that they learn differently than individuals and/or organizations do. Governmental learning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821384538
• ISBN13: 9780821384534
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"