The impact of organisational learning and innovation on business performance in Turkish companies, 2009

The aim of the research was to present and test a model of improving innovation based on the impact of the culture of organisational learning. The concept of organizational learning culture has been presented and defined as a set of norms and values about the functioning of an organisation ( ). These norms and values should support systematic, in-depth approaches that aim to achieve a higher level of organisational learning. The elements of the organizational learning process that have been used are the acquisition of information, the interpretation of information, and behavioural and cognitive changes. Within the theoretical framework of competitive values, the organisational learning culture covers some aspects of all four different types of cultures: team, developmental, hierarchical and rational. The constructs that make up innovation are innovative culture and innovation, consisting of technical (in products and services) and administrative (in processes). Data was used from 112 Turkish companies employing more than 50 people. The impact of organizational learning culture was empirically tested using linear structural modelling.