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Implementational Architecture of Learning Organizations: System Dynamic Approach to Organizational Learning, Unlearning, and Knowledge Management in Public Sector Organizations  

Hong, Min Kee (한국교통대학교 행정정보학과)
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Korean System Dynamics Review / v.17, no.3, 2016 , pp. 51-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
Learning is naturally embedded in organizational ongoing-processes and routines. Recent many research models of organizational failure ignore how failing masks breakdowns and recoveries of organization-embedded learning as a naturally occurring process. Organizational learning is the platform in tandem with base-modules of organization in this point. Organizations learn and unlearn while they acquire, discard, and forget organizational experiences or knowledges. These processes in public sector organizations are different from learning behaviors in private sector. This study expects to explore architectural components of learning organization in public sector, focusing on distinct characteristics of public organizations, and to implement learning model based on system thinking(system dynamic) approach.
Keywords
Organizational Learning; Unlearning; Crisis-induced learning; Institutionalized Myths; Knowledge Management;
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