Aiding Organizational Learning: The Case of Integrators in Fertility Care

DOI: 10.5176/2251-1970_BizStrategy13.19

Authors: Mihaela Stan

Abstract:  Although management scholars have recognized that organizational learning is an indispensable constituent of strategic management, there are still fundamental questions about the contextual factors that influence the ability of organizations to learn from their experience.

The analyses illustrate how integrators, as elements of formal structure with varying levels of formal authority and relational coordination, influence collective outcomes in terms of organizational learning rates.

Keywords: organizational learning, integrator, relational coordination, formal influence