Knowledge Agora



Scientific Article details

Title A framework for building a learning organisation in the 21st century
ID_Doc 77187
Authors Sharma, SK; Gupta, JND; Wickramasinghe, N
Title A framework for building a learning organisation in the 21st century
Year 2005
Published International Journal Of Innovation And Learning, 2, 3
DOI 10.1504/IJIL.2005.006369
Abstract The concept of the learning organisation that strives continually to develop its people and processes is now accepted by many as a competitive necessity in today's business environment (Drucker, 1999; Davenport and Prusak, 1998). Organisations are increasingly being challenged to leverage learning, as it has been widely articulated that knowledge creation and continuous learning at the individual, team, and organisational levels may be the only source of sustainable competitive advantage. Organisations of the future will not be able to expand into new markets and win market share unless they have a coherent framework (technologies, people, processes and methodologies) to systematically and effectively use their past knowledge to gain a competitive advantage. Many organisations claim that they have initiated measures to convert their organisations from a traditional model to the learning model. However, we believe critical knowledge gaps exist in understanding of how to exploit technologies to create a suitable framework for a learning organisation. This paper attempts to address this apparent void. Our framework sets up guidelines for the building of learning organisations.
Author Keywords learning organisations; knowledge management; evolving organisations and organisational memory
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000436520500004
WoS Category Management
Research Area Business & Economics
PDF
Similar atricles
Scroll