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The Responsible Learning Organization: Can Senge (1990) Teach Organizations How to Become Responsible Innovators?
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Hansen, Jens Ørding; Jensen, Are; Nguyen, Nhien – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether the learning organization, as envisioned by Peter Senge in "The Fifth Discipline" (1990), facilitates responsible innovation. Design/methodology/approach: The authors analyze the component characteristics of the learning organization as defined by Senge (1990) to identify any conceptual or…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Innovation, Research and Development, Responsibility
Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Knowledge Transfer and Learning Processes through a Cross-Departmental Collaborative Project in a Municipal Organization
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Fredrik Sunnemark; Wilma Lundqvist Westin; Tamy Al Saad; Per Assmo – Learning Organization, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and facilitators for knowledge transfer and learning processes by examining a cross-departmental collaborative project in the municipal organization. It is based on a R&D collaboration between University West and a Swedish municipality. Design/methodology/approach: To explore the barriers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Municipalities, Technology Transfer
Come On, Network! Empowering Employees to Use Web-Based Interorganizational Learning Platforms in Research and Development
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Reichenbach, Rebecca; Eberl, Christoph; Lindenmeier, Jörg – Learning Organization, 2021
Purpose: An interorganizational learning (IOL) Web-based platform provides an ambidextrous working area, where employees can switch between exploration and exploitation-related activities. This study aims to present new indications on how to increase the acceptance and use of Web-based platforms for IOL. Specifically, it proposes how acceptance…
Descriptors: Employees, Empowerment, Research and Development, Organizational Learning
Organizational Learning and Bureaucracy: An Alternative View
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Ingvaldsen, Jonas A.; Engesbak, Vetle – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to reconceptualize the relationship between organizational learning and bureaucracy. Although the two are generally considered to be antithetical, this paper shows that, in some organizations, bureaucracy can be functional for organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: The central argument is theoretical and…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Administrative Organization, Innovation
Leadership Styles, Collaborative Integrative Behavior and Ambidexterity in University Research Groups
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Robinsson Cardona-Cano; Esteban López-Zapata; Juan Velez-Ocampo – Learning Organization, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the influence of the transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leadership styles and collaborative integrative behavior of the team with respect to organizational ambidexterity (the combination of exploration and exploitation learning) in university research groups.…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership, Researchers, Research and Development
Knowledge Cannibalism in the European ICT Sector
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Kiisk, Valeria; Rungi, Mait – Learning Organization, 2020
Purpose: Based on the sample of the European information and communications technology (ICT) companies, this paper aims to identify which strategy of knowledge generation is most beneficial for companies--internal knowledge development or absorption of knowledge external to the company through corporate acquisition or merger.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Research and Development, Business
Relational Capabilities to Leverage New Knowledge: Managing Directors' Perceptions in UK and Portugal Old Industrial Regions
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Martins, Jorge Tiago – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: Focusing on the specific context of two European old industrial regions--South Yorkshire (UK) and North Region of Portugal--this paper aims to identify and conceptualise a set of relational capabilities that business leaders perceive to play a key role in industrial rejuvenation. Design/Methodology/Approach: A qualitative research design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Industry, School Business Relationship