Who is Better at Learning? A Comparison of Manufacturing and Service Sectors of Pakistan

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This research has been conducted having twofold purposes; first one is to evaluate the degrees at which manufacturing and service sector’s organizations of Pakistan are learning organization—based on Peter M. Senge’s five disciplines. Secondly, determining the role of learning facilitators, like Culture, Structure, HRM, MIS, and Leadership in transformation to learning organization. Questionnaire encompassing both learning disciplines and facilitators was used to collect information. Fifty employees were randomly selected from both sectors, representing four companies—two from each sector. A descriptive analytical methodology and Pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze the data. The results revealed that both sectors are on the way towards learning, but need improvements. There is no significant difference between the learning of manufacturing and service sector organizations. In service sector, learning facilities and learning disciplines have positive relationship, while learning facilitators do not play significant role in manufacturing sector.

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(2012). Who is Better at Learning? A Comparison of Manufacturing and Service Sectors of Pakistan. International Journal of Management and Organizational Studies, 1(2), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-194600