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Achieving Competitive Advantage through Organizational Learning: Concepts, Tools to explore the levers of Organizational Learning and Advantage - Couverture souple

Akhtar, Naveed

 
9783848493913: Achieving Competitive Advantage through Organizational Learning: Concepts, Tools to explore the levers of Organizational Learning and Advantage
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848493918 ISBN 13 : 9783848493913
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The concept of organizational learning has been the area of attention for academicians, practitioners, and researchers for decades. Organizational developments as a subject realized the significance of cognitive learning and behavioral development; and embraced the idea of ‘learning organization’ because of its potential to create and sustain competitive advantage in an organization. This book explores the characteristics of a learning organization and examines the relationship of organizational learning and competitive advantage. Petroleum companies of Pakistan were chosen as research environment because of their knowledge intensive, and learning oriented nature. Literature reveled systems thinking, mental models/culture, shared vision/mission, leadership, knowledge/information flow, personal mastery/growth and team learning as antecedents of a learning organization. All characteristics are statistically significant. Shared Vision and Systems Thinking emerged as most significant contributors. It signifies that if the concept of learning organization is instituted with strategic intent can provide a sustainable advantage.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The concept of organizational learning has been the area of attention for academicians, practitioners, and researchers for decades. Organizational developments as a subject realized the significance of cognitive learning and behavioral development; and embraced the idea of ‘learning organization’ because of its potential to create and sustain competitive advantage in an organization. This book explores the characteristics of a learning organization and examines the relationship of organizational learning and competitive advantage. Petroleum companies of Pakistan were chosen as research environment because of their knowledge intensive, and learning oriented nature. Literature reveled systems thinking, mental models/culture, shared vision/mission, leadership, knowledge/information flow, personal mastery/growth and team learning as antecedents of a learning organization. All characteristics are statistically significant. Shared Vision and Systems Thinking emerged as most significant contributors. It signifies that if the concept of learning organization is instituted with strategic intent can provide a sustainable advantage.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Naveed Akhtar is PhD in Management Sciences from NUML Islamabad. He is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management Sciences in same university. Prior to PhD he served in GlaxoWellcome Pakistan. He has taught Strategy, Strategic HRM, Research Methods at graduate; and Decision Making & Problem Solving, and Learning organization at PhD level.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848493918
ISBN 13 
9783848493913
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
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