ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore how organizational learning approaches can affect organizational innovation by its related indices in TONDGUYAN PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (TPC). To do this, the research focused on its related factors with the roles of organizational components such as external environment and perceptions of the organizational staff. The study used correlation coefficient for its variables and descriptive-analytic methodology. The statistical population included the employees (experts) who are working at TONDGUYAN PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY in Iran. Based on a regional classification of TPC samples from three cities were randomly selected about 80, when the Cochran formulas of calculating size samples were used. Then, the affordable number of respondents (experties) was randomly selected in terms of frequency of employees at the TPCs. The results show that there is a significant positive relationship between organizational learning (OL) as independent variable and organizational innovation(OI) as dependent variable.