FINANCE Lecture Notes - Organizational Learning, Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Sharing
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S7-km: understanding organisations as learning systems nevis et al. (1995) Km s7 w4: introduction, paper aim: helping organisations become better learning systems. Organisational learning: capacity or processes within an orga to maintain or improve performance based on experience; systems-level phenomenon that stays within orga even if individuals change; as much a task as the production and delivery of goods. Three learning-related factors important four success: well-developed core competencies that serve as launch points for new products, an attitude that supports continuous improvement in the business"s value-added chain, the ability to fundamentally renew or revitalise. 1. 1 research: field observations in four companies: motorola corporation, mutual investment corporation (mic), 2. 2 learning conforms to culture: the nature of learning and the way in which it occurs are determined by the organisation"s culture or subcultures. 2. 4 generic processes faciliate learning: there are facilitating factors that induce or support learning (10 kinds), regardless of learning style.
