Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve

Iva Atanassova; Peter Bednar

Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve

Iva Atanassova, Peter Bednar

Business Management

Lund University

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Abstract

In the context of the exponential growth of data, the Covid 19 pandemic and the need for quick adaptation faced by companies, as well as by society at large, the concept of organisational learning is flourishing and becoming an even more critical component of organisational survival and growth. This study applies a socio-technical lens to shed light on the organisational learning processes taking place in 40 various sizes and kinds of UK businesses during the critical, volatile, and unprecedented period - February-May 2021. Our study identifies organisational learning antecedents and key organisational context enabling and/or impeding learning processes and follow up evolution within companies. The findings suggest that even if employees have capability, not all are able to capture and transform intelligence into learning and apply it at a strategic level, reconfiguring purposefully future operational capabilities to respond to environmental changes, as they are not empowered and supported by the organisational management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 8th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS development (STPIS’22)
Editors	Peter Bednar, Anna Sigridur Islind, Helena Vallo Hult, Alexander Nolte, Mikko Rajanen, Fatema Zaghloul, Aurelio Ravarini, Alessio Maria Braccini
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Number of pages	24
Publication status	Published - 11 Oct 2022
Event	8th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in Information Systems Development - Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 19 Aug 2022 → 20 Aug 2022

Publication series

Name	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Volume	3239
ISSN (Electronic)	1613-0073

Conference

Conference	8th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in Information Systems Development
Abbreviated title	STPIS 2022
Country/Territory	Iceland
City	Reykjavik
Period	19/08/22 → 20/08/22

Keywords

Exogenous shocks
Covid-19
Dynamic capability
Organizational learning

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Atanassova, I., & Bednar, P. (2022). Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve. In P. Bednar, A. S. Islind, H. V. Hult, A. Nolte, M. Rajanen, F. Zaghloul, A. Ravarini, & A. M. Braccini (Eds.), The 8th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS development (STPIS’22) (CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; Vol. 3239). CEUR-WS. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3239/paper18.pdf

Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve. / Atanassova, Iva; Bednar, Peter.
The 8th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS development (STPIS’22). ed. / Peter Bednar; Anna Sigridur Islind; Helena Vallo Hult; Alexander Nolte; Mikko Rajanen; Fatema Zaghloul; Aurelio Ravarini; Alessio Maria Braccini. CEUR-WS, 2022. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; Vol. 3239).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Atanassova, I & Bednar, P 2022, Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve. in P Bednar, AS Islind, HV Hult, A Nolte, M Rajanen, F Zaghloul, A Ravarini & AM Braccini (eds), The 8th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS development (STPIS’22). CEUR Workshop Proceedings , vol. 3239, CEUR-WS, 8th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in Information Systems Development , Reykjavik, Iceland, 19/08/22. <https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3239/paper18.pdf>

Atanassova, Iva ; Bednar, Peter. / Exogenous shocks, Covid 19 and firms’ ability to learn, adapt and evolve. The 8th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS development (STPIS’22). editor / Peter Bednar ; Anna Sigridur Islind ; Helena Vallo Hult ; Alexander Nolte ; Mikko Rajanen ; Fatema Zaghloul ; Aurelio Ravarini ; Alessio Maria Braccini. CEUR-WS, 2022. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings ).

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