Survey on the Relationship between the Learning Organization and Learning Culture in Petrochemical Industry in Iran
Subject Areas : Business Management
FarajAllah Rahnavard
1
(Assistant Professor of the Institute of Management and Planning Education and Research)
FazlAllah Zarepour
2
(Master of Public Administration)
Keywords: Organizational Learning, Learning Organization, Learning Culture, Continuous Learning, Team Learning,
Abstract :
Nowadays, organizational learning is not a choice, but it is a strategic necessity in the organizations. Efforts to enhance the level of organizational learning consolidate the competitive status at local, national, and global levels. Examining the relationship between organizational learning and other organizational elements makes it possible to draw on suitable strategies in order to improve learning. The findings of the present research illustrate that there is a significant relationship between organizational culture and organizational learning. Furthermore, this research shows a significant relationship between organizational culture and all dimensions of organizational learning which consist of continuous learning, question and answer, team learning, empowering, embedding system, system relationship, and strategic leadership. The relationship is especially stronger with team learning and strategic leadership. The findings of this research illustrate a significant relationship between organizational culture and triple levels of learning (individual, group, and organizational), and its correlation with learning at organizational level is about 0.95.
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Guns, B. (1996), The Faster Learning Organization: Gain and Sustain the Competitive Advantage, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.
Hernandez, M., & Karen, E. W. (2003). Human Resource Development.
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Marquardt, M. and Reynolds, A. (1994), The Global Learning Organization, Richard D. Irwin, Inc.,Burr Ridge, IL.
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Redding, J. (1997). Hardwiring the learning organization. Training and Development, 51(8), 61-67.
Schein, E. H. (1994). Organizational and Managerial Culture as a Facilitator or Inhibitor of Organizational Learning", Sloan Management Review.
Schroeder, P. G. (2002), “Case study of an administrative services department: the effect of learning organization theory as an intervention strategy in the transformation of organizational culture. Available at: wwwlib.umi com/.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, New York: Doubleday Publication.
Senge, P. M., Kliener, A., Roberts, C., & Smith, B. J. (1994), The Fifth Discipline Field Book: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, Currency Doubleday, New York.
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Snell, R.S. (2002), “The learning organization, sense giving and psychological contracts: a Hong Kong case”, Organization Studies, 23(4), 4, 549-70.
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Tsang, W. K. (1997),"Organizational Learning and Learning Organization: A Dichotomy Between Descriptive And Prescriptive Research", Human Relation, 50(1), 73-89.
Watkins, K. E., & Marsick, V. J. (1996). In Action: Creating The Learning Organization, Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training and Development.
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Wishart, N. A., Elam, J. J., & Robey, D. (1996), Redrawing the portrait of a learning organization: inside Knight-Ridder Inc”, The Academy of Management Executive, 10(1), 7-20.
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Yeo, R. K. (2005). Revisiting The Roots of Learning Organization. The Learning Organization, 12(4), 368-381.