Organizations, no matter how successful they have been in the past, need to engage in learning in order to survive and thrive in rapidly changing social, political, economic and technological environments. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines have converged on the topic of organizational learning over the past years because it provides a platform for exploring the dynamics of organizational perception and change.

Since the early 1990s, the members of the research unit have undertaken a number of international projects on organizational learning and knowledge. Several of those studies focused on actors of organizational learning and others concentrated on corporations and international organizations.

The current research program accentuates the relationships between knowledge, learning, and culture. The expertise that has been built up about organizational learning in China will continue to be developed in the research unit.

The research program on organizational learning and culture draws on earlier work in related areas, particularly on organizational culture and business and society. Themes within those areas that will receive attention in the current program are corporate social responsibility and the socio-politically relevant theme of women in management.

The work in this area draws on years of experience in social science research.

Secretary and Project Administrator
Claudia Nentwich
Phone: +49 - (0)30 - 25491207
Email: cok@wzb.eu