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Managing An Organizational Learning System By Aligning Stocks and Flows[Note 1. We would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for ...]
Author(s) -
Bontis Nick,
Crossan Mary M.,
Hulland John
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.t01-1-00299
Subject(s) - premise , organizational learning , sample (material) , business , knowledge management , proposition , organizational performance , organizational commitment , marketing , management , economics , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography
This paper considers the relationship between the stocks and flows of learning across levels in an overall organizational learning system. A survey instrument based on the Strategic Learning Assessment Map (SLAM) was administered to 15 individuals representing senior‐, middle‐ and non‐management levels from each of 32 organizations, resulting in a total sample of 480 respondents. This research supports the premise that there is a positive relationship between the stocks of learning at all levels and business performance . Furthermore, the proposition that the misalignment of stocks and flows in an overall organizational learning system is negatively associated with business performance is also supported.