Framework of Strategic Learning: The PDCA Cycle.

PIETRZAK, MICHAL; PALISZKIEWICZ, JOANNA

Nowadays, strategic planning has to be permanent process and organizational learning should support it. Researchers in theories of organizational learning attempt to understand processes, which lead to changes in organizational knowledge, as well as the effects of learning on organizational performance. In traditional approach, the strategy is viewed as one shot event. However, in contemporary turbulent environment this could not be still valid. There is a need of elastic strategic management, which employs organizational learning process. The crucial element of such process is information acquisition, which allows refining the initial version of strategic plan. In this article authors discuss the PDCA cycle as a framework of strategic learning process, including both single-loop and double loop learning. Authors proposed the ideas for further research in area of organizational learning and strategic management.

STRATEGIC planning & economics; ORGANIZATIONAL learning; ORGANIZATIONAL performance; SUSTAINABLE development; ECONOMIC competition

Management (18544223), 2015, Vol 10, Issue 2, p149

1854-4223

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