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The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation

The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation

Viviane S. Lopuch, Daniel Cochece Davis
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522519133|ISBN10: 1522519130|EISBN13: 9781522519140
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch085
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Lopuch, Viviane S., and Daniel Cochece Davis. "The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation." Organizational Culture and Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1809-1834. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch085

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Lopuch, V. S. & Davis, D. C. (2017). The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Organizational Culture and Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1809-1834). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch085

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Lopuch, Viviane S., and Daniel Cochece Davis. "The Role and Value of Diversity to Learning Organizations and Innovation." In Organizational Culture and Behavior: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1809-1834. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1913-3.ch085

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Abstract

Learning organizations are environments promoting individual and team learning capabilities. Learning organization concepts, embraced by a growing number of organizations throughout the world, are strategies for competing in dynamic economic environments. Globally, leaders across varying industries continue to strive to build learning organizations that improve effectiveness and possess an ability to continuously evolve. Learning organizations depend on effective communication, a chief component of leadership influence. They also require thinking from as many perspectives as possible, in order to change and grow in response to anticipated and existing external pressures. These perspectives emerge from the variety of experiences coming from diverse individuals, and leaders must recognize these as critical resources in organizations' ability to learn, manage change, and facilitate innovation. This chapter explores learning organization variables, arguing that diversity and leadership communication are important co-factors in successfully implementing learning organization principles leading to innovation.

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