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Hosseini M A, Montazer Someesaraee N, Yazdani S, Nakhostin M R. Organizational Learning Capability and the Barriers and Facilita-tors of its in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences . JMED 2015; 8 (17) :93-101
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Background: Organizational learning and learning organizations are regarded as one of the most influential factor in the organization's success. This study aimes to determine the Organizational Learning Capability and the Barriers and Facilitators of its in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in1391 - 1392. Method:In this descriptive – sectional study, 120 persons of managers and staff of University were chosen by whole-numberi method. The re-search instrument was organizational learning capability questionnaire. Content validity and face validity of the research instrument were con-firmed with Lawshe's method, and its reliability has been estimated through Cronbach alpha's coefficient (%86). Results: The organizational learning status is above average (120/1125). Moreover, the most important Barriers with the average of 3/95 is related to "the tendency to doing everything through the traditional methods and lack of support from the senior managers", and the most important facilitator with the average of 4/24 is "Necessity of applying learned knowledge in practice". The results showed no significant differ-ence between sex, age, educational level, organizational status, job back-grond, and the type of employment with the organizational learning. Discussion and Conclusion:The result showed that the learning capa-bility was above the average level in that University, however there is a severe need for more efforts to achieve the desired level, and it is advised to consider the necessary measures in order to eliminate or decrease the barriers and also to strengthen the facilitators of organizational learning in that University .

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Article Type : Orginal Research | Subject: Medical Education
Received: 2013/11/11 | Accepted: 2014/11/13 | Published: 2015/03/17

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