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Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/42012 Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study Kinghorn, Johann ichelp@gibs.co.za Lecler, C.J. UCTD Organizational learning Diversity in industry Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Dynamic capabilities can help a firm to interpret and respond to an environment of rapid technological change. Although there is broad research consensus that they are higher order capabilities comprising routines, their nature and how they develop remains open to debate. A view of dynamic capabilities as capacities, which can shape and reshape and configure and reconfigure ordinary capabilities so as to remain competitive, is taken to examine how dynamic capabilities develop through learning. An emerging theme in the strategy literature is that managerial cognition may be important, even central, to the development of capabilities. In line with this theme, models are proposed on how managers learn to learn and how technological and organisational sensemaking practices can facilitate cognition. In addition, characteristics of two types of learning, expert and entrepreneurial, are proposed to explain how managers learn and recognise opportunities. The distinct learning patterns relate to content-oriented and process-oriented views of strategy respectively. Further, suggestions are made on how entrepreneurial learning in particular, may be beneficial in a highly dynamic environment. A process oriented, case study is conducted of three securities custodians facing an environment of increasing dynamism, competitiveness, and interconnectedness due to information technology developments in financial markets. The findings are shown to support the claim that managerial theories on learning are required to develop and sustain dynamic capabilities. In addition, the findings provide evidence that these theories may form through two learning patterns, depending on how managers frame problems and recognise opportunities. An important contribution of this study is the analytical framework of dynamic capability learning that was developed during the case analysis. The framework enables organisational learning experiences relating to dynamic capability development to be captured. The thesis concludes with implications for both managers and scholars. pagibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) PhD Unrestricted 2014-09-15T12:45:21Z 2014-09-15T12:45:21Z 2014-04-30 2013 Thesis Lecler, C 2013, Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42012> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42012 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Organizational learning Diversity in industry Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title | Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title_full | Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title_fullStr | Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title_short | Organisational learning and dynamic Capabilities : a case study |
| title_sort | organisational learning and dynamic capabilities a case study |
| topic | UCTD Organizational learning Diversity in industry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42012 |