Abstract
Objective: Learning new skills tremendously increases the self-confidence of employees and helps them attain their organizational targets. This study was done to compare the levels of organizational learning in hospitals with regard to ownership type. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using an analytical-descriptive approach in 2016. The research community members included 2,162 employees of the nominated hospitals in Lorestan province. The sample consisted of 339 people, who were selected using Cochran’s formula with 95% reliability factor. The data collection tools used were the Persian edition of Watkins and Marsick’s standard questionnaire (2003). The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 20 software using statistical tests (i.e. Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, t-test, and ANOVA), and p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The average score of learning variable was 2.77±0.64 for teaching hospitals, 2.57±0.77 for Social Security hospitals, and 3.21±0.94 for private hospitals. Learning variables variances were different in these three types of ownership (p < 0.001). Moreover, significant differences were found between learning aspects of individual learning (p < 0.001), group learning (p = 0.007), and organizational learning (p = 0.002). The study was based on the type of hospital ownership. Conclusion: The level of organizational learning in hospitals has a significant difference with regard to their type of ownership. The level of learning can be improved with the help of staff empowerment initiatives taken toward attaining common goals, creating equal opportunities for continuous learning for all personnel, and an appropriate relationship of the organization with the surrounding environment.
Highlights
Organizational learning is a collection of dynamic, complicated, and holistic processes (1), based on existing knowledge and experience within the organization
The findings showed that organizational learning in private hospital was higher than the average
His study showed that the organizational learning capacity of private hospitals was much higher than social security and teaching hospitals
Summary
Organizational learning is a collection of dynamic, complicated, and holistic processes (1), based on existing knowledge and experience within the organization. It helps create fundamental qualifications and common experience alignments, and reduces issues, and increases potential solutions among employees in reaching organization goals (2). Organizations attempt to provide workspaces that promote and enrich learning (5). Organizational learning is a resource that helps distinguish between organizations strategically, form a basis to create competitive advantages (6, 7), and take better functional and financial decisions (8). The formation of new organizations, based on learning, is one of their essential characteristics (9). Successful managers use the learning capacity of the organization to turn threats into opportunities (9). Studies show that the understanding of the organizational learning culture is low among high-level, middle, and executive managers, with no significant difference among them (10)
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