Open AccessCHALLENGES TO THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNCERTAINTY: CREATIVITY – BASED RESPONSE
Author(s) -
Vestina Vainauskienė,
Rimgailė Vaitkienė
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
creativity studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2345-0487
pISSN - 2345-0479
DOI - 10.3846/cs.2022.15109
Subject(s) - pandemic , context (archaeology) , creativity , learning organization , vulnerability (computing) , organizational learning , covid-19 , knowledge management , computer science , psychology , social psychology , geography , medicine , computer security , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID-19 pandemic poses several challenges transforming the learning organization. The retention of sustainability in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty requires immediate response. Therefore, this paper addresses the following research question: how does organizational creativity contribute to managing challenges in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty as a precondition for resilience? Thus, the paper offers several contributions. First of all, the research dwells on the conceptual attributes of the learning organization: the object is identified and substantiated, the ways the learning organization’s vulnerability manifests itself through are presented; the factors creating the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability are discussed; it is identified what capacities are necessary and in what learning processes they develop to reduce the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability. Secondly, the paper identifies and discusses critical challenges to the learning organization caused by COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty, the ones that the organization must react to immediately to reduce its COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability: rapid social innovation cycle, expansion of organizational learning and optimisation of perceived organizational support for employee trust and commitment. Thirdly, the paper discuss how creativity is important for response.