Relationship between Learning Organization Characteristics and Organizational Readiness for Change

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ABSTRACT

Change, as the only fixed element of time, is among the characteristics of today's quickly transforming world. As the need to change gets more and more apparent in societies, people and organizations discover that any kind of movement beyond the previous or present status involves learning. For organizations to increase their organizational capabilities, they should learn to act successfully in environment full of permanent integrations, quick developments of technology, wide social changes and cumulative competition. To become compatible with new changes, there should come into view an organization consistent with new conditions, i.e. the one that provides the ground for organizational growth and development. The most successful of these organizations since 1990s has been 'learning organizations'. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between learning organization characteristics and organizational readiness for change.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Research Background1

Research Aims and Objectives1

Aims and objectives1

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW2

Change4

Definition of Learning Organization5

Characteristics of Learning Organization6

Concepts by different authors7

Readiness to Change8

Organizational learning9

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY10

Introduction of the Methodology10

Philosophical Framework or Paradigm10

Social Constructivist Theory14

Phenomenology15

Research Design17

Sampling Design18

Measures19

Data Collection Procedures20

Data Analysis Procedures21

Limitations of Methodology21

Ethics22

REFERENCES23

APPENDIX27

Appendix A: Research Ethics Review for Research Project27

Appendix B: Consent form28

Appendix C: Interview Survey for managers or supervisors of the organisation29

Appendix D: Questionnaire Survey for employees of the organisation31

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Research Background

In the knowledge era, learning organizations are being emerged and knowledge is the key fuel for such organizations where knowledge management plays a critical role in learning more rapidly than the competitors learn, however, implementing knowledge management requires a number of steps to be taken. Rather than just one facet of an organization's capabilities, change readiness is the coordinated integration of many factors and abilities, including the culture.

Research Aims and Objectives

The objective of this research is to examine the relationship between learning organization characteristics and organizational readiness for change.

Aims and objectives

The purpose of this study was to identify and determine Relationship between Learning Organization Characteristics and Organizational Readiness for Change.

The research will focus on following aims and objectives:

To what extent are the identified learning organization characteristics associated with organizational readiness for change?

The characteristics of learning organization

Comparison of characteristics of learning organization

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE ...