In the 1990s, Senge advocated building the Learning Organization by practicing five disciplines. Facing the uncertainties of a rapidly changing marketplace, the competitiveness between organizations has become conspicuously important. Therefore, learning, and acting faster than competitors is critical in the success of companies' existence, management and development. / Organizational Learning (OL) and renewed competence help an organization to better understand the actual situation, gain new knowledge, and adopt effective, innovative and coordinated action to suit the fast changing environment. Kurt Lewin (1946) first used the phrase 'action research'. Action research (AR) is a methodology which that uses an action spiral of planning, action, observation and reflection (including evaluation) to find facts, solve problems, and improve performance. Performance Management is also a continuing process, through the development of individuals and teams to promote organizational performance. The main purpose of performance management is to link individuals and teams to organizational goals for continuously enhancing their performance. / The action researcher first reviewed the literature about organizational learning, learning organizations, and action research and performance management; and brought up some new viewpoints and developments. Secondly, this study led to the design of a systematic framework (OL-WA model) including the organization's concerns, organizational learning, willingness to act, and organizational performance, to increase the research performance (i.e. main competitive advantage of the university) at Chienkuo Technology University (CTU) in Taiwan. Finally, this study used the methods of organizational learning, action research, performance management, and survey questionnaires to manage and enhance the research performance. Considering the improvement through implementing the above methods and critical factors that influence research performance at CTU, the findings, analysis and serial actions being explored should help bring out some valuable academic contributions and helpful experiences, knowledge and constructive suggestions for the academic and business circles in Taiwan. / Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2006.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267147 |
| Creators | Pai, Hung-Yao. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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