Renewing Goverance Governing by Learning in the Information Age

by Rosell, Steven A.

• ISBN13: 9780195414257
• ISBN10: 019541425X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book outlines the work and findings of an action research program undertaken by senior Canadian government officials and private sector executives, exploring the implications for governance of a global information society. It also presents four senarios of how the information society may reshape the environment for governance as we move into the next century.

Author Biography

Steven A. Rosell is the President of the Meridian International Institute and co-founder of the Meridian Leadership Network Inc.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
The Information Economy	13	(20)
Culture, Values, and Social Institutions	33	(27)
The Learning Organization	60	(26)
Governing in an Information Society	86	(34)
Changing Maps: The Scenario Approach	120	(31)
Conclusions: Governing By Learning	151	(25)
Notes	176	(27)
Appendix A: Members of the Roundtable	203	(15)
Appendix B: Resource Persons	218	(9)
Appendix C: Selected Papers Prepared for the Roundtable	227	(85)
The Emerging Techno--Economic Paradigm and the Evoultion of Social Canada	228	(24)
Thomas J. Courchene
Paradoxes of Globalization and What Nation States Can Do to Address Them	252	(12)
Louis Emmerij
The Civic Society	264	(10)
John Parr
Two Views of Organizational Learning in the Public Sector	274	(21)
Donald A. Schon
Three Cultures of Management	295	(7)
Edgar H. Schein
Public Discourse and Civil Society in an Age of Information Technology	302	(10)
Benjamin R. Barber
Index	312