Human Resource Development by Exploring Domestic Organizational Learning and Learning Organization Research Trends

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among a learning organization, knowledge and financial performance using the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire and its abbreviated version. Design/methodology/approach This study used a secondary data set and performed second-order factor analysis and structural equation modeling for testing the proposed relationships. Findings The study found that a learning organization has a positive effect on knowledge performance; knowledge performance has a positive effect on financial performance; and knowledge performance fully mediates the relationship between a learning organization and financial performance. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to validating the current dimensionality of the theoretical framework of a learning organization proposed by Watkins and Marsick (1993, 1996) and offers a valid conceptual framework of the relationship among the learning culture and organizational performance dimensions. Practical implications This study re-stresses the significance of the learning and knowledge generated by the human resources of an organization and developed by human resource development practitioners. Originality/value This study is valuable to human resource development scholars and practitioners interested in improving and measuring organizational performance.

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Design and Development of an Electronic Survey System

Handbook of Research on Electronic Surveys and Measurements ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-792-8.ch024 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 232-240

Author(s):

Bruce Aaron

Keyword(s):

Organizational Learning ◽

Human Resource Development ◽

Human Resource ◽

Resource Development ◽

Capability Development ◽

Electronic Survey ◽

Development Organization ◽

Survey System ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Within the Accenture Corporation, the CDO (Capability Development Organization), which manages human resource development, designed and implemented an Electronic Survey System (ESS) as a component of the system that manages learning within the company. This chapter discusses the relationship of the organizational learning infrastructure and the use of survey software (ESS) within the mission of human resource development.

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN LEARNING ORGANIZATION

Journal of Business Economics and Management ◽

10.3846/1611-1699.2008.9.25-31 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 25-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Vilmantė Kumpikaitė

Keyword(s):

Learning Styles ◽

Human Resource Development ◽

Human Resource ◽

Learning Organization ◽

Resource Development ◽

Radio Station ◽

Approach To Learning ◽

Prior Exploration

This paper draws on prior exploration on human resource development in a learning organization, including theories about a learning organization, its features, human resource development and learning styles in organizations. The main aim of this paper is to explore human resource development and learning styles in organizations. The author introduces results of the survey covering 37 Lithuanian organizations selected from various industries ranging from a newspaper and transportation, insurance and radio station, to those in trade and manure production. The research shows that mostly explored organizations have a formalized approach to learning and has only a few features of a learning organization.

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