Enhancing Environmental Appraisal Effectiveness: Towards an Understanding of Internal Context Conditions in Organisational Learning

Part of a wider comparative European research project on developing the learning potential of appraisal in spatial planning in the UK, Germany and Italy, this paper aims to explore whether context conditions can facilitate internal organisational reforms and changes, trigger appraisal effectiveness,...

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Published inPlanning theory & practice Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 183 - 204
Main Authors Gazzola, Paola, Jha-Thakur, Urmila, Kidd, Sue, Peel, Deborah, Fischer, Thomas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2011
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Comparative analysis
Comune of Ravenna
context
environmental appraisal
Environmental protection
Europe
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
internal conditions
Italy
Organisational learning
Organizational behaviour
Organizational effectiveness
Planning
Planning methods
Ravenna
Reform
Spatial analysis
United Kingdom
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Summary:Part of a wider comparative European research project on developing the learning potential of appraisal in spatial planning in the UK, Germany and Italy, this paper aims to explore whether context conditions can facilitate internal organisational reforms and changes, trigger appraisal effectiveness, and facilitate organisational learning. The discussion comprises a synthesis of the environmental appraisal and organisational learning literatures and illustrates the relevance and applicability of this body of work for wider planning practice through an examination of the Comune of Ravenna, Italy. The insights from the case study suggest that sensitivity to internal context conditions is critical to understanding the capacity for organisations to learn, and illustrates how the potential for learning might exist if an organisation is open to nurturing it.
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ISSN:1464-9357
1470-000X
DOI:10.1080/14649357.2011.581008