What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Purpose




In organizational contexts, learning fosters the creation of knowledge at the individual and collective levels. In Lean Office, processes are customer oriented through continuous improvement and elimination of waste. In addition, Lean Office can promote changes in the corporate environment and drive organizational learning. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the Lean Office factors that contribute to the organizational learning.




Design/methodology/approach




The method consists in a qualitative analysis of researches on Lean Office carried out in Brazil, based on the theoretical framework for analyzing organizational learning proposed by Argote and Miron-Spektor (2011). This framework defends the relevance of context and experience in knowledge conversion processes in organizations.




Findings




The study shows that Lean Office provides benefits for the learning process through Work Cells, Value Stream Mapping and Continuous Improvement. The effects of Lean Office are present in the organizational context, culture and behaviors, attitudes and skills of individuals.




Practical implications




This study brings for academics a discussion on Lean Office from the standpoint of elements pertaining to the organizational learning process. In this aspect, the study proposes treating the topic at a strategy level, striving to break out of the research boundaries that limit their scope to their operational results. For practitioners, the study introduces Lean Office factors that add positive results to the organizational learning process.




Originality/value




The paper presents a reflection of Lean Office in the field of organizational learning. In addition to the elimination of waste, the study investigates other functions in which Lean initiatives play a role, such as providing solutions for organizational problems and creating favorable learning contexts.

Lean Office contributions for organizational learning

Objetivou-se analisar escalas utilizadas para investigar a aprendizagem organizacional (AO), tomando-se como referencias as clivagens existentes no campo (relacoes entre aprendizagem individual e AO, AO e organizacoes de aprendizagem (OA), niveis de AO e suas relacoes,  quem aprende? ou o fenomeno da conversao de AI em AO). As 24 escalas selecionadas foram classificadas em: (1) foco em processos e resultados da aprendizagem; (2) foco em fatores que facilitam a aprendizagem; (3) foco em AO e desempenho. Todas as escalas revisadas nao estimulam a associacao das evocacoes dos entrevistados com experiencias concretas de aprendizagem. Tratam sempre de aprendizagens genericas/abstratas, sugerindo que os respondentes aprendem continuamente e, consequentemente,  inexistem fronteiras entre situacoes de trabalho e de aprendizagem. Verifica-se ainda tendencia ao desenvolvimento de escalas parcimoniosas e multiniveis, embora poucas considerem o nivel interorganizacional. Tambem a problematica de conversao de AI em AO ainda e negligenciada, mesmo naquelas escalas que focam processos; a aprendizagem de individuos nas organizacoes confunde-se com AO, sobretudo nas escalas de enablers e de AO e desempenho, mas nao so nessas; os constructos de AI e de AO sao medidos exclusivamente por autopercepcao dos respondentes; confusao entre os conceitos de AO e de OA; e o predominio de variaveis nao financeiras para medir o construto “desempenho” como variavel dependente da AO.

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Revisão bibliográfica de escalas de aprendizagem organizacional com foco em seus processos e resultados, em seus enablers ou em aprendizagem e desempenho

El tema del presente estudio esta enmarcado en las organizaciones que aprenden. El objetivo de la investigacion fue analizar las percepciones de los gestores educativos sobre el aprendizaje organiz...

El aprendizaje organizacional en un Instituto de Educación Superior Tecnológico del Callao

As environmental issues guide the actions of companies through their innovation agenda, organizational learning emerges as an important element of analysis. It has been suggested that the concepts of organizational learning and learning for sustainability must converge in order to establishing themselves as antecedents of the environmental innovation process, and from there a new field of analysis - Organizational Learning for Environmental Innovation. This work aims to identify inducers that determine organizational learning for environmental innovation. A conceptual analysis model was developed and applied through a multicase study of three companies. As analyzed, the most important variables for the consolidation of the learning process were regulation, entrepreneurs, Research & Development (R&D) networks and the existence of an environmental management process. These are all very important for learning process consolidation. It is inferred that organizational learning process variables for environmental innovation differ in intensity depending on the business model adopted, the degree of manager autonomy, the type of employee environmental education, the cultural environment and entrepreneur profile.

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Fatores Determinantes da Aprendizagem Organizacional para a Inovação Ambiental: Um Estudo Multicaso

This literature review on organizational learning points out five main challenges faced by researchers from this field. The challenges identified had a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological nature and they deserve a special attention at the time of planning research projects in this area. The first finding of the bibliographical survey is that there is not a theory of organizational learning and, therefore, researchers face the challenge of building theory related to this complex and multifaceted phenomenon. In turn, the second challenge refers to multilevel analysis of a process that takes place at the individual level and goes beyond the group, the organization, and other organizations, requiring a suitable analytical model. The theme has been studied by several disciplines from different perspectives, representing the third research finding and the challenge of building interdisciplinary bridges to develop a comprehensive and useful theory in various fields of science. This challenge becomes even more complex given the verification of the multiplicity of research concepts and constructs directly related to the same processes of generating and operating knowledge for organizational adaptation and performance. Finally, the fifth challenge refers to research methodologies on organizational learning, with barely explored possibilities and hegemony of instruments of individual perception.

https://repositorio.unb.br/bitstream/10482/29876/1/ARTIGO_DesafiosPesquisaAprendizagem.pdf

Desafios da Pesquisa em Aprendizagem Organizacional

O tema da aprendizagem aparece como estrategico no processo gerencial, ainda que se apresente de modo fragmentado e disperso na literatura organizacional. Considerando isso, o trabalho pretende resgatar as abordagens a respeito da aprendizagem no âmbito das teorias das organizacoes. Procura-se alinhar o texto ao processo de evolucao teorica historica, da teoria classica a pos-moderna, bem como do ponto de vista da discussao sociologica mais ampla dos paradigmas de analise propostos por Burrel e Morgan. O fio condutor tambem segue as narrativas analiticas em analise organizacional, conforme apontado por Michael Reed, com o objetivo de contribuir para a consolidacao do conceito de aprendizagem em organizacoes e destacar a importância do tema para as teorias organizacionais. Conclui-se que ainda ha espaco de afirmacao dos conceitos e pressupostos basicos desse campo a ser explorado na integracao da teoria de aprendizagem no contexto organizacional.

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5112311.pdf

Aprendizagem: evolução no contexto das teorias organizacionais

Avaliação e monitoramento: duas experiências de institucionalização na gestão das políticas públicas no poder executivo federal brasileiro

This literature review on organizational learning points out five main challenges faced by researchers from this field. The challenges identified had a theoretical, conceptual, and methodological nature and they deserve a special attention at the time of planning research projects in this area. The first finding of the bibliographical survey is that there is not a theory of organizational learning and, therefore, researchers face the challenge of building theory related to this complex and multifaceted phenomenon. In turn, the second challenge refers to multilevel analysis of a process that takes place at the individual level and goes beyond the group, the organization, and other organizations, requiring a suitable analytical model. The theme has been studied by several disciplines from different perspectives, representing the third research finding and the challenge of building interdisciplinary bridges to develop a comprehensive and useful theory in various fields of science. This challenge becomes even more complex given the verification of the multiplicity of research

Ronaldo Alves Nogueira

Papers

Desafios da Pesquisa em Aprendizagem Organizacional

Aprendizagem: evolução no contexto das teorias organizacionais

Avaliação e monitoramento: duas experiências de institucionalização na gestão das políticas públicas no poder executivo federal brasileiro

Desafios da Pesquisa em Aprendizagem Organizacional Challenges of Organizational Learning Research