Exploring and Measuring Organizational Learning Capability and Competitive Advantage of Petroleum Industry Firms

Naveed Akhtar; Rasheed Ahmed Khan; Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

doi:10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820130601.1170

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Naveed Akhtar
Department of Management Sciences at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan

Naveed Akhtar, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Sciences at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. Naveed Akhtar has served as in Glaxo-Wellcome Pakistan in marketing and sales department for twelve years. He has been teaching MBA & BBA in Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan in the department of Management Sciences as visiting faculty member for more than five years. Presently he is full time faculty member of National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. He teaches “The Learning Organization”, and Decision Making and Problem Solving to the Ph.D classes. His areas of research are Organizational Learning, Strategy, and Quality Culture. Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Rasheed Ahmed Khan
Department of Management Sciences at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan

Rasheed Ahmed Khan, Ph.D. is currently the Dean at the Department of Management Sciences at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has served as Director General, Management Services Division (Government of Pakistan). He has conducted more than 250 research studies in this capacity for Government of Pakistan. He teaches “Advanced Human Resource Development” and “Supply Chain Management” to the PhD classes. His areas of research are Organizational Learning, Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development, and Training & Development. Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Bahaudin G. Mujtaba
Nova Southeastern University’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship

Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, D.B.A., is Professor of Management and Human Resources at Nova Southeastern University’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Bahaudin has served as a manager, trainer and management development specialist in the corporate world as well as a director, department chair and professor in academia for nearly three decades. He is author and co-author of seventeen books in the areas of leadership, coaching, and performance management. His areas of research are management, training, diversity management, and crosscultural management. The H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA 33314

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Exploring and Measuring Organizational Learning Capability and Competitive Advantage of Petroleum Industry Firms

Naveed Akhtar, Rasheed Ahmed Khan, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

Abstract

Organizational learning is important in today’s dynamic and discontinuous environment of change.This study attempts to test the theoretical underpinning that organizational learning is related to competitive advantage. Through personal interviews and mailed surveys, 94 responses from employees of the petroleum industry were used in the regression analysis. Empirical findings show that theoretically assumed dimensions of the learning organization and organizational learning contribute significantly towards the achievement of competitive advantage. Multiple regression analysis showed the existence of significant relationships between seven independent variables and the dependent variable of competitive advantage. Strategic thinking and team learning explained 59.2% and 22.3% of variance respectively in achieving a competitive advantage. A discussion of the results along with implications and recommendations are provided.
Key words: Learning capability; Competitive advantage; Organizational learning; Petroleum

Keywords

Learning capability; Competitive advantage; Organizational learning; Petroleum

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.ibm.1923842820130601.1170

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