February 1, 1991Organization Science
Organizational Learning: The Contributing Processes and the Literatures
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Implication
Critiques and evaluates the processes of organizational learning and their literatures, highlighting gaps and opportunities for growth.
Key Points
- The aim is to evaluate the existing literatures on organizational learning processes and identify gaps in knowledge and integration.
- Critically examines four constructs: knowledge acquisition, information distribution, information interpretation, and organizational memory.
- Describes and critiques the related literatures for each of the four constructs.
- Identifies subprocesses of knowledge acquisition and explores their current state of research.
- Knowledge acquisition is complex with five subprocesses recognized but lacks integration across research groups.
- Information distribution is established, yet crucial dynamics of how units exchange information remain unexplored.
- Organizational memory needs systematic investigation to enhance learning and decision-making capabilities.
Cite This Study
George W. Huber (1991) studied this question.