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Knowledge management and leadership in learning organizations: an integrated perspective.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." Alvin Toffler
To establish the importance of intimate relationship between leadership practices and knowledge management in the learning organisation, a learning organisation concept should be first identified and discussed, with the emphases on the specific features of contemporary organisation and the essential role of leaders when developing their organisations.
Furthermore, the processes of organisational learning and new knowledge creation should be described, elaborating further on the kinds of processes that leaders and managers should be involved in and responsible for. (Viitala, 2004)
Moreover, the specific managerial tasks in achieving competitive advantage should be presented, accentuating the critical importance of developing organisational competencies and intellectual capital.
Lastly, discussions should be taking place with regard to concepts such as organisational memory and knowledge management, as well as the role of information technology within these frameworks. (Viitala, 2004)
During the last decade, discussion on the determinants of successful organisations has concentrated on their ability to renew, learn and innovate. (Viitala, 2004) The notion of the "learning organization" has become one of the new buzzwords in the management, psychological and human resource development literature. (Garavan, 1997)
The concept of the learning organisation itself has gone through many combinations and permutations in terms of theor ...