<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research is based on Electrocell, a US battery manufacturing company, which was facing problems in its marketing and sales departments as evidenced by its low performance. Following a short introduction to the firm, literature reviews the two recently emerged and widely debated topics, that is, organizational learning and knowledge management. It is followed by the reasons for Electrocell’s declination and revival before and after acquisition by Restart, a US cosmetic manufacturing company. Then, Knowledge Sharing Model, General Hierarchical Model of Organizational Commitment, Knowledge Management, and Learning Organization Capacity, and Three Dimensional Model are described and critically analyzed. At the end, Knowledge Management System Conceptual Model is applied on the case study thoroughly and critically analyzed followed by summary. The research contributes to the literature and offers important implications for academics, managers and strategists that why learning is important and how does it matter to an organization.</p></abstract>

This research is based on Electrocell, a US battery manufacturing company, which was facing problems in its marketing and sales departments as evidenced by its low performance. Following a short introduction to the firm, literature reviews the two recently emerged and widely debated topics, that is, organizational learning and knowledge management. It is followed by the reasons for Electrocell’s declination and revival before and after acquisition by Restart, a US cosmetic manufacturing company. Then, Knowledge Sharing Model, General Hierarchical Model of Organizational Commitment, Knowledge Management, and Learning Organization Capacity, and Three Dimensional Model are described and critically analyzed. At the end, Knowledge Management System Conceptual Model is applied on the case study thoroughly and critically analyzed followed by summary. The research contributes to the literature and offers important implications for academics, managers and strategists that why learning is important and how does it matter to an organization.

Role of organizational learning and knowledge management

Institute of Business Studies and Leadership

HOLISTICA – Journal of Business and Public Administration

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This research is based on Electrocell, a US battery manufacturing company, which was facing problems in its marketing and sales departments as evidenced by its...

Role of organizational learning and knowledge management

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 19 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hjbpa-2017-0020

Keywords
Organizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Organizational Revival, Organizational Survival

© 2017 Fazal Haleem, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Role of organizational learning and knowledge management

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 19 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hjbpa-2017-0020

KeywordsOrganizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Organizational Revival, Organizational Survival

© 2017 Fazal Haleem, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Organizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Organizational Revival, Organizational Survival