Contribution of Organizational Learning to KM
From the organizational learning (OL) school, Brown and Woodland (1999) claim that learning is the process of acquiring knowledge. Their study synergized learning and knowledge by claiming that an organization cannot sustain a competitive advantage without constantly learning and developing new knowledge. Easterby-Smith and Araujo (1999), from a technical view, assumed that organizational learning is the effective processing, interpretation of, and response to information, both inside and outside the organization. Allee (1997), from the KM school suggested that each aspect of knowledge has a corresponding learning activity that supports it. Nevertheless, learning occurs when we talk about creating, sharing, and using knowledge, thus, knowledge develops by learning (Loermans, 2002). Addleson’s (1999) study suggests that organizational learning empowers members of an organization to gain knowledge and develop skills. The above statements clearly link the learning process and knowledge.