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- Organizational learning definition
Organizational learning is a complex concept, and there is no agreement on what organizational learning is
Transitioning a company from individual learning to organizational learning requires the firm to understand aspects surrounding this concept
Some of the aspects include understanding the culture of the company regarding knowledge sharing and disconnect between the culture and organizational learning based on the mystifications of organizational learning, current organizational learning mechanisms, and the norms surrounding organizational learning.
Organizational learning has led to the upsurge of new terminologies including systems thinking, organizational memory, defensive routines, and creation of knowledge.
OLMs including the company culture, leadership, and systems and structures are some of the hindrances to organizational learning.
The company’s culture regarding organizational learning is only based on one among the many definitions of the concept.
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- The organization cannot equally learn since it is a system but 'organization's culture' is the one that experiences transformation.
- The OLM that organizations use is the external model
- Professionals guide the training, and it entails partitioning organization into cultural learning units then identifying centers.
- The challenges in the process are that one might learn at a different pace from another person.
- Lastly, the norm of an organization may hinder learning leading to complexity of the processes
- Before integration of each model of learning it requires the conceptualization of the process as individual units.
- The individual who is involve in the guidance of the process must have an understanding of the finer details of the organization culture
- According to Lipshitz, Friedman, & Popper, (2006) The focus on leadership roles and the identification of the norms ought to guide the process for the realization of the goal of training.
- It is also vital noting that an organization is a system that depends on human intellect hence focus on people should guide adjustments of systems.
Since the ever-increasing conceptual diversity, anthropomorphism, and reification of terminologies create discord between culture and organization learning
It therefore requires that the team leaders guiding learning ought to visualize mechanism such as culture and leadership as individual components.
Afterward, segment the organization into social (culture) units then steer leaning with clear goals. Conduct the process as a continuous program by soliciting feedback for the identification of areas of challenge (Graham & Nafukho, 2008).
The subsequent complexity is the perception that organization learns yet actuality, the people forming part of the organization are the ones that learn.
Organizations should instead approach the process as holistic tasks but first, visualize the mechanisms as independent.
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The person steering the process must have a deeper understanding of the challenges that organizations confront in the institution of new sets of behavior.
The organization should be segmented into different units before the implementation of strategies that encourage adaptation of new skills or knowledge that leads to transformation of behavior.
The trainer can opt to simplify the process or customize according to employee’s needs.
During the definition of the terminologies, the expert ensures the exploitation of the concepts that area easily comprehensible.
The strength of the model is that it encourages collaboration that recognizes variation in people understandings, thus limiting the possibility of difference in perception halting the learning process.
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The trainers should commence by first identifying simple objectives then seeking to understand the organization.
Afterward, the segmentation of the organization into learning units takes place before identification of areas that unite systems and peoples attributes.
The process has to employ a cyclic model with feedback (Friedman, Lipshitz, & Popper, 2005).
The recognition of challenges as the norm should equally take place for the realization of the goal of the process.
The identification of focus groups then conducting continuous on-job training and encouragement of individual to strive for personal developments is helpful in the realization of the goal of training.
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The steps for managing the risks entail conducting a study of the organization outlook before the identification of areas that deserve priority in selection of individuals.
The realization that individual learning is different from organization learning is necessary.
The trainer should visualize the process and mechanism that dictate learning as intertwined to organization culture.
However, it is not mandatory that learning result in talent acquisition since the quantification of the process is unclear.
Despite the difficulty, organizations elements such as the existence of technological resources that support leaning make exploitation of the training techniques such as external coaching techniques.
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Friedman, V. J., Lipshitz, R., & Popper, M. (2005). The mystification of organizational learning. Journal of management inquiry, 14(1), 19-30.
Lipshitz, R., Popper, M., & Friedman, V. J. (2002). A multifacet model of organizational learning. The journal of applied behavioral science, 38(1), 78-98.
Graham, C. M., & Nafukho, F. M. (2008). Exploring Organizational Learning Mechanisms in Small‐Size Business Enterprises. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 22(1), 4-23
