In search of a modern Organizational unlearning model

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

Arash Rasteh Moghadam ¹ , Abbas Abbaspour ²

1 - دانشجوی دکتری رشته مدیریت، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی (ره)، تهران، ایران.
2 - دکترای مدیریت منابع انسانی، عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی (ره)، تهران، ایران.

Received: 2016-04-13 Accepted : 2016-04-13 Published : 2012-02-20

Keywords: Organizational Learning, organizational unlearning, organizational forgetting,

Abstract :

In spite of the growing popularity of the terms “organizational learning (OL)” and “learning organization (LO)”, the concept of organizational unlearning (OUL) has generally been neglected. OUL is different from organizational learning disability or organizational forgetting. OUL is the process of intentional discarding of ineffective and obsolete organizational beliefs, routines and procedures. The main purpose of this study which has an analytical and inferential approach is to review the literature of OUL concept including the nature, content, levels and dimensions of OUL. Furthermore, the process of OUL has been explained by new OUN models. At last, the conceptual relation between OUL and OL has been proposed as an integrated model. The article ends with some applied and research suggestions.  

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