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Autor: Aleksandra Rudawska 163
Strony: 163-177
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ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANIES

Summary

The aim of doctoral thesis summarized in this paper was the analysis of the organizational learning mechanism, identification of factors that support organizational learning processes on three learning levels and examination of relation between organizational learning capability and firm performance. The research was based on ‘4I’ organizational learning framework. The survey was conducted on the sample of 92 medium and large manufacturing firms in Westpomeranian region in Poland. As the result of literature studies and analysis of empirical data ten dimensions of learning capability on three learning levels were identified. Further analysis of survey data indicated, among other results, that firms with above-average performance have greater learning capabilities in four dimensions.