The Impact of Technology on Organizational Learning and Leadership

Abstract

While the idea of organizational culture and organizational learning have emerged and developed over the past decades, views of leadership have changed significantly as well. In addition to the already complex connection between these ideas, they have all been influenced by emerging technologies. This chapter will investigate and provide examples of these individual ideas, their intersections and the impact of technology on their past and future.

Building a Learning Organization in the Digital Era: A Proposed Model for Vietnamese Enterprises

“…To adapt to Vietnam business context with above-mentioned typical current situation and transitions, it is proposed to add one more element which is technology application in education and training in enterprises.This fourth element to build a learning organization in business in this digital age was discussed in some previous studies such as Parker (2012). The fourth element has not been widely proposed by the most studies; however, specifically for Vietnam at this moment of information age, this element was considered essential for building a learning organization in business.…”

“…and (3) Knowledge repository Regarding this building block, knowledge repository refers to the store of information, new ideas, work exeperiences, and training content (Garvin, 1993;Wick and Leon, 1993;Sarala and Sarala, 1996;Pedler et al, 1997). Besides these three groups of factors, some studies also mentioned other building blocks such as inventiveness (Wick and Leon, 1993); Organizing the work (Sarala and Sarala, 1996); Tolerance of mistakes; Openness to new ideas (Tannenbaum, 1997;Garvin et al, 2008); Technology (Parker, 2012); Empowerment (Gardiner and Whiting, 1997;Watkins and Marsick, 1998).…”