Information systems supported organizational learning as a competitive advantage
Abstract: The purpose of this
paper is to analyze the characteristics that make information systems useful in
gathering and processing information with the aim of organizational learning
and subsequent structural adaptation for better fitting to market requirements.
Design/methodology/approach: Adaptation is a must when turning to foster
the competitiveness and sustainability of the organization.
Findings and Originality/value: It is clear that information systems can
really create a difference in the way an organization acquires information from
its environment and from itself in order to achieve a high-quality decision
taking process.
Research limitations/implications: Organizations have to look inside
themselves in order to ensure the comprehension of their core competencies and
the way they carry them out.
Practical implications: Organizational learning is one of the means
employed by organizations to get adapted to their surrounding environment.
Social implications: Systems engineering techniques can be applied in
order to leverage these core competencies and make organizations adaptable to
the organizational environment requirements through the use of information
systems.
Originality/value: To obtain competitive advantages in the market.
Keywords: competitive advantage, information systems, knowledge
management, & the learning organization.
Keywords: competitive
advantage, information systems, knowledge management, & the learning
organization
Author: Jose Manuel Arias,
Julian Miguel Solana
Journal Code: jptindustrigg130033
