Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2020

Abstract

This chapter introduces the current level of interest in the learning organization and usefulness of the concept at the present time. It reviews authors who have recently and explicitly commented on the topicality of the learning organization, offers a qualitative content analysis of recent journal publications on learning organizations justifying the need for the concept, and uses quantitative research using print media indicators and Google Trends to identify the number of publications related to the learning organization over time. The results suggest that while the level of interest in the learning organization among scientific researchers has grown, the level of interest among casual researchers has declined. There is also relatively more interest in the concept outside of the United States and among healthcare and education organizations. The justifications for the usefulness of the concept today are mainly based on its role in improving organizational culture, performance, and innovation capacity.

Keywords

earning organization, qualitative content analysis, print media indicator, Google Trends, scientific researcher, casual researcher

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems | Management Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

The oxford handbook of the learning organization

Editor

Anders Ragnar Örtenblad

First Page

19

Last Page

32

ISBN

9780198832355

Identifier

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198832355.013.2

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198832355.013.2

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