Open AccessLearning Organization and Competitive Advantage-An Integrated Approach
Author(s) -
Muhammad Farrukh,
Abdul Waheed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of asian business strategy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-8295
pISSN - 2225-4226
DOI - 10.18488/journal.1006/2015.5.4/1006.4.73.79
Subject(s) - competitive advantage , knowledge management , learning organization , process (computing) , empowerment , information sharing , collaborative learning , conceptual model , business , computer science , marketing , economics , world wide web , database , operating system , economic growth
The major purpose of this conceptual paper is to integrate the view points of different researchers about leaning organization and competitive advantage and then to develop a proposed model of Learning organization. After the in-depth study of literature we concluded that learning organization is an organization which learns through its members individually and collectively to create competitive advantages by developing a facilitative system through the process of self-development and information sharing by empowering the employees.. The paper also finds some critical factors which must be present in the organization to become a learning organization. These factors are Innovation, facilitative leadership, self-development, empowerment, and information sharing and collective collaboration. The paper tried to explain the similarities and differences among the previously available models of learning organization and proposed a new theoretical model for LO.