| Title |
Challenges to the learning organization in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty: creativity-based response / |
| Authors |
Vainauskienė, Vestina ; Vaitkienė, Rimgailė |
| DOI |
10.3846/cs.2022.15109 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Creativity studies.. Vilnius : Vilnius Gediminas technical university. 2022, vol. 15, iss. 2, p. 332-347.. ISSN 2345-0479. eISSN 2345-0487 |
| Keywords [eng] |
COVID-19 pandemic ; learning organization ; organizational creativity ; resilience ; vul- nerability ; uncertainty |
| Abstract [eng] |
The COVID-19 pandemic poses several challenges transforming the learning organiza- tion. The retention of sustainability in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty requires immediate response. Therefore, this paper addresses the following research question: how does organizational creativity contribute to managing challenges in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty as a precondition for resilience? Thus, the paper offers several contributions. First of all, the research dwells on the conceptual attributes of the learning organization: the object is identified and substantiated, the ways the learning organization’s vulnerability manifests itself through are presented; the factors creating the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability are discussed; it is identified what capacities are necessary and in what learning processes they develop to reduce the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability. Secondly, the paper iden- tifies and discusses critical challenges to the learning organization caused by COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty, the ones that the organization must react to immediately to reduce its COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability: rapid social innovation cycle, expansion of organizational learning and optimisation of perceived organizational support for employee trust and commitment. Thirdly, the paper discuss how creativity is important for response. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilnius Gediminas technical university |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2022 |
| CC license |
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