The Learning Organization from an Islamic Perspective: A Case Study in Islamic Organization
“Learning organization” is one of the famous organizational theories and approaches to organizational development and empirical researches have been done on its implementation and application in various sectors and cultural settings. This paper explores the concept of learning organization fr...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2115/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2115/1/Ahmad_The_LO_from_an_Islamic_perspective.pdf |
| Summary: | “Learning organization” is one of the famous organizational theories and approaches to
organizational development and empirical researches have been done on its implementation
and application in various sectors and cultural settings. This paper explores the concept of
learning organization from an Islamic perspective following an interest in applying the
concept in all types of organization. A case study method is used involving two established
Islamic organizations in Malaysia. The main source of data is obtained from semi structured
interviews which is based on four understanding of learning organization proposed by
Ortenblad (2002). The finding shows that there are elements in Islamic management
principles practiced in organizations under study that are in congruent with the concept of
learning organizations. |
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