One poorly investigated issue in organizational agility is the question how organizations change their speed while adopting and exploiting new IT capability. In this paper we outline a theory of software development agility that draws upon a model of IT innovations by Swanson and on March’s learning theory and in particular on his concepts of exploration and exploitation. We explore how both ex...

the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of social capital and organizational learning on organizational performance in payame noor university of kermanshah province. it is a functional purpose study with descriptive – survey method. the statistical population includes 470 employees of payame noor university in kermanshah province. a sample of 212 people was chosen using cochran formula....

development of any organization largely depends on the proper use of its human resources. as organizations become much larger, these problems are naturally added to these enormous labor force. one of the topics organizational communities of irancan be considered as a unfamiliar subject and less likely to be found in research is the phenomenon of organizational silence; despite the fact that sil...

One poorly investigated issue in organizational agility is the question how organizations change their speed while adopting and exploiting new IT capability. In this paper we outline a theory of software development agility that draws upon a model of IT innovations by Swanson and on March’s learning theory and in particular on his concepts of exploration and exploitation. We explore how both ...

Theories of firm boundaries and empirical research on the consequences of boundary choices typically focus on the transaction or capability level. Studies of organization-level governance strategies to tease out how organizations learn from their boundary choices over time to develop capabilities for enhancing performance are scarce. We use a longitudinal, large sample, panel dataset on organiz...

the aim of this study was to analyze the impact of organizational learning and marketing metrics on the marketing performance in the elon plast company of kermanshah province. it is a functional purpose study with descriptive – survey method. the statistical population includes 100 employees of elon plast company in kermanshah province. a sample of 80 people was chosen using cochran formula. da...

background: nowadays hospitals have to cope with global changes. they are thus forced to be equipped with learning and learning hospitals. this research was performed to design a model for establishing learning organization in iranian public hospitals. methods: this qualitative, comparative, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009-2010. first, available models of learning organization in ge...

The organizational routine—defined here as a coordinated, repetitive set of organizational activities—is an important element of organizational learning and knowledge management. Some scholars even consider routines to be the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for firms. Yet we know little about the actual operation of routines, particularly what makes them work well. This study hel...

To remain competitive or to simply survive in today’s highly dynamic environments, organizations often need to act rapidly. Top managers deal with urgent issues and must improvise. The role that information systems (IS) play in facilitating improvisation is critical to the organization’s internal processes and market performance. This research-in-progress paper reviews the organizational improv...