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Jamshid Ali Turi1, Shahryar Sorooshian2, Yasir Javed3
1Department of Management Sciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Background:
Organizational cognition is a system and process aims at the improvement of organizational learning and development. It subsumes attention, leadership, culture, structure, empowerment, knowledge workers and decision-making and problem-solving processes.
Objective:
The focus of this study is to assess the impact of the cognitive learning factors on sustainable Organizational development.
Methodology:
Data was collected from 22 universities in Pakistan and 137 faculty members participated in the survey. Cross-sectional quantitative technique based on survey and convenient sampling was adopted for data collection. SPSS was used for data analysis.
Results:
The results indicate significant impact of the cognitive factors on the Organizational development in the learning organizations like universities. Among all, knowledge workers and empowerment was found more significant as compared to other cognitive elements.
Recommendation:
The study recommends further exploration of other cognitive and contextual elements for boosting learning and development.
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