Exploring the Link between Organizational Learning and Transformational Leadership: A Review

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Exploring the Link between Organizational Learning and Transformational Leadership: A Review

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1107242, PP. 1-19

Ibrahim A. H. Mohamed, Nuri Mohamedm M. Otman

Subject Areas: Management Organization

Keywords: Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Organizational Learning, Learned Organization

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This study highlights the relation between organizational learning and transformational leadership, recognizes the significance of transformational leadership and explores its association with organizational learning. Organizations can become more competitive by bridging the gap between the existing transformational leadership talents, skills and the organizational learning levels based on the leaders’ commitment and dedication that gives a new life to an organization. Some leaders have better capabilities and capacities to make their organizations more competitive as compared to others, and they do so by focusing on important factors, which improve organizational learning. Their aim is reinforcement of transformational leadership and improving the organizational members’ learning processes and competences to help them adapt to changes taking place in the business environment for achieving learning that results in organizational excellence. For exploring learning issues, results mentioned in the previous literature indicate that a positive relation exists between organizational learning and transformational leadership, while the former directly affects the development of creativity, skills, innovation, and capabilities.

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Mohamed, I. A. H. and Otman, N. M. M. (2021). Exploring the Link between Organizational Learning and Transformational Leadership: A Review. Open Access Library Journal, 8, e7242. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1107242.

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