this research aimed to investigate the learning organization characteristics in environmental non-governmental organizations (engos) in tehran city using the watkins and marsick’s seven dimensional learning organization model. the research method was descriptive- correlation and used survey method. the population consisted of all active members on engos in tehran city.  using bartlett’s (2011) ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply the organizational learning framework to the management accounting literature to better understand why management accounting innovations succeed or fail in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical framework integrating diffusion and organization learning theories is developed. Diffusion theory is used to describe the process wher...

The contemporary workplaces face demanding challenges, such as expectations to be agile, competitive, efficient and adept to using employee knowledge. There are several required virtues in order to have a conductive workplace, for example, organizational learning and agility. The discussion forum aimed to bring out the inter-related roles of organizational learning, agility and social technolog...

Ahlgren, Riikka Software patterns, organizational learning and software process improvement Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2011, 70 p. (+ included articles) (Jyväskylä Studies of Computing, ISSN 1456-5390; 129) ISBN 978-951-39-4173-4 Finnish summary Diss. Software process improvement is a necessity in any software organization. This thesis approaches software process improvement from an or...

Advanced economies, also known as knowledge-based economies, rely their performance on high skilled workers and quick access to information and knowledge, allowing organizations to react to a competitive, rapidly changing and global environment. Innovation is recognized as a crucial factor for survival, driving the development of new or improved products, services, processes or marketing strate...

In this paper, we examine how and why organizational learning is affected by virtualization technologies. The literature on organizational learning has identified its many constraints, and the influence of information technologies on overcoming these restraints has also received attention. Little research, however, has addressed how organizational learning is affected by a new type of technolog...

introduction: patient safety culture is an important part of improvement in the safety of health care. knowing its present status is required for development of safety culture. the present study aimed to evaluate the current status of patient safety culture in hospitals of three central provinces of iran. method: the present cross-sectional study was performed in teaching hospitals of tehran, a...

Literature on organizational learning (OL) shows that even firms who self-perceive themselves to have appropriate structures still fail generate outcomes. In this article, we claim one of the neglected key factors explaining failures are defensive routines (ODRs). Drawing literature, our theoretical inference is high levels ODRs can negatively moderate relationship between and OL. To test moder...