Assessment the Learning Organization Deployment in the Azarbaijan Regionalelectricity Company Based on Watkins & Marsick Model

Subject Areas : Learning

Mohammad Abbasgholizadeh ¹ , جهانگیر یاری حاج عطالو ² , Sadegh Maleki Avarsin ³

1 - Ph. D. Student in Educational Administration, Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تبریز
3 - Associated Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2022-01-15 Accepted : 2022-04-27 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Organizational Learning, Learning Organization, individual learning, group learning,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of assessing the learning organization and examining its deployment in the Azerbaijan Regional Electricity Company. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population is all the employees with 1307 people in three provinces (East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan and Ardabil). The statistical sample was determined through Morgan table with 297 people and selected by stratified random sampling. The instrument used in this study is the Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ) by Watkins& Marsick. The content and construct validity of this questionnaire also its reliability was confirmed. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS20 and Smart-PLS 3 software. The results showed that the learning organization and its components individual learning (create continuos learning opportunities and promote inquiry and dialogue), group learning (encouraging collaboration and team learning), organizational learning (creating systems to capture and sharing learning, empower people towards a collective insight, connect the organization to its environment, and provide strategic leadership for learning) was significantly lower than average and only the level of dialogue and research in the organization are intermediate. Also using structural equation modeling with the least Partial squares provided a model for the learning organization in order to evaluating its components relationship. The results showed that the model has a strong utility (GOF = 0.813). As a result, it achieves the goals and strategies of the Azerbaijan Regional Electrice Company in being a learning path.

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Nejad Irani, Seyed Abbaszadeh, Asghari (2010). Investigating the Status of Learning Organizations and Its Relationship with Employee Creativity in Government Organizations of West Azerbaijan Province. Beyond Management 2010; Year 4 (No. 15): 115-143. (In Persian ).

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Qawasmeh, F. M., & Al-Omari, Z. S. (2013). The learning organization dimensions and their impact on organizational performance: orange Jordan as a case study. Arab Economic and Business Journal, 8(1-2): 38-52.‏

Qawasmeh, F. M., & Al-Omari, Z. S. (2013). The learning organization dimensions and their impact on organizational performance: orange Jordan as a case study. Arab Economic and Business Journal, 8(1-2): 38-52.

Raste Moghadam, A., & Abbaspour, A. (2011). Designing an integrated conceptual model of a learning organization. Journal of New Approach in Educational Management, 2(8): 21-54 [In Persian].

Seifi, A., & Mozini, M. (2021), Assessing the characteristics of the learning organization in the educational system, Sixth National Conference on New Approaches in Education [In Persian].

Senge, P. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practise of th eLearning Organization: New York.

Vakili, N., & Saremi, Sh. (2015). Investigating the relationship between organizational culture and organizational learning in the Vice Chancellor for Development of Iran University of Medical Sciences. Educational Management Innovations, 11(1): 110-99 [In Persian].

Watkins, K., & danMarsick, V. (1998). Dimention of Learning Organization Questioner Partners for the Learning Organization. Warwick, RI.

Weed-Schertzer, B. (2020). (Il) Logical Knowledge Process (Il) Logical Knowledge Management: Emerald Publishing Limited.

Yari Haj Ataloo, J. (2005). Investigating the obstacles to establishing a learning organization in Iran-Khodro training center. Master Thesis, Allameh Tabatabai University [In Persian].

Yari Haj Atalou, J. (2008). Investigating the obstacles to establishing a learning organization in Iran Khodro Training Center. Journal of instruction and Evaluation (Quarterly), 1(4): 187-223 [In Persian].

Zali, M. R. (2007). Development of five elements of organizational learning, University of Tehran Press [In Persian].