A Critical View of Organizational Learning Revisited: A Research From the Perspective of Training Processes in Organizations

Abstract

Organizational learning has been considered as an interesting concept since the 1960s both for the literature and the business world. It can be observed that the studies which examine organizational learning processes are focused more on the positive results of organizational learning and attaining a structure where their employees learn and develop continuously. From the late 1990s and early 2000s, studies, examined the concept with a critical perspective. have also come to light. In these few critical studies, there are various discussions on the parties in the organizational learning experience. In this study, it is tried to investigate organizational learning from a critical point of view and determine how the unexpected results of organizational learning were perceived in organizations in accordance with the relevant literature. A focus group meeting was held with 11 senior managers received MBA and asked to evaluate the organizational learning process in the focus of the trainings in their companies. Similar with the literature, unexpected results were found due to different dimensions of learning barriers in the organizational learning process.