Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

A Multifacet Model of Organizational Learning

A Multifacet Model of Organizational Learning The objective of this article is to map the manyfacets of organizational learning into an integrative and parsimonious conceptual framework that can help researchers and practicioners identify, study, and introduce organizational learning to organizations. The article addresses the gap between theoryand practice of organizational learning byproviding a working definition of “productive organizational learning” and then describing the conditions under which organizations are likelyto learn. The model presented draws on scholarly organizational learning literature, practicioner accounts, and our own experiences as researchers and practitioners. It argues that learning by organization, as distinct from learning in organizations, requires the existence of organizational learning mechanisms. These mechanisms, which represent the “structural facet, ” are necessarybut not sufficient for generating productive organizational learning. The qualityof organizational learning depends on additional facets of organizational learning (cultural, psychological, policy, and contextual), which facilitate or inhibit learning and are also explored in this article. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science: A Publication of the NTL Institute SAGE

Loading next page...
 
/lp/sage/a-multifacet-model-of-organizational-learning-0GRDJgoE3d

References (88)

Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0021-8863
eISSN
1552-6879
DOI
10.1177/0021886302381005
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The objective of this article is to map the manyfacets of organizational learning into an integrative and parsimonious conceptual framework that can help researchers and practicioners identify, study, and introduce organizational learning to organizations. The article addresses the gap between theoryand practice of organizational learning byproviding a working definition of “productive organizational learning” and then describing the conditions under which organizations are likelyto learn. The model presented draws on scholarly organizational learning literature, practicioner accounts, and our own experiences as researchers and practitioners. It argues that learning by organization, as distinct from learning in organizations, requires the existence of organizational learning mechanisms. These mechanisms, which represent the “structural facet, ” are necessarybut not sufficient for generating productive organizational learning. The qualityof organizational learning depends on additional facets of organizational learning (cultural, psychological, policy, and contextual), which facilitate or inhibit learning and are also explored in this article.

Journal

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science: A Publication of the NTL InstituteSAGE

Published: Mar 1, 2002

There are no references for this article.