نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیارگروه مدیریت صنعتی دانشکده علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه بین‌المللی امام خمینی(ره)

2 کارشناس ارشد گروه مدیریت صنعتی دانشکده علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران مرکز

3 کارشناس ارشد گروه مدیریت صنعتی دانشکده علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه بین‌المللی امام خمینی(ره)

چکیده

تجربیات بحران اقتصادی اروپا در سال 2008 نشان داد که دارایی‌های نامشهود شرکت‌ها هم‌چون مهارت، تجربه و دانش‌ کارکنان، از آن‌ها در مقابل ورشکستگی محافظت کرد. همین مسئله سبب شد شرکت‌ها دارایی‌هایی چون توانایی فردی برای یادگیری، خلاقیت و خلق و ادغام دانش‌های عملی را به‌عنوان منابع مزیت‌های رقابتی قرار دهند. مطالعات نشان داده است که شرکت‌های کوچک علاوه بر اثری که بر رشد اقتصادی دارند، نسبت به شرکت‌های بزرگ‌تر توانایی بالاتری برای تغییر و نوآور بودن دارند. درگاه خدمات‌رسانی سازمان صنایع کوچک و شهرک‌های صنعتی ایران در آمارنامه کامل عملکرد سازمان تا پایان خرداد سال 1402 تعداد واحدهای به بهره‌برداری رسیده را بیش از 50000 واحد اعلام کرده که حاکی از اهمیت و نقش این شرکت‌ها در اقتصاد کشور است[1]. از سویی نرخ شکست محصول جدید بسیار بالا و منابع شرکت‌های کوچک بسیار محدود است که آن‌ها را فوق‌العاده آسیب‌پذیر می‌سازد. ازاین‌رو هدف اصلی این مطالعه بررسی اثر استراتژی‌های یادگیری بر خلاقیت، نوآوری و عملکرد محصول جدید شرکت‌های کوچک صنعتی در شهرک صنعتی پایتخت تعیین‌شده است. به‌همین منظور برای تعیین روابط میان این متغیرها از مدل‌یابی معادلات ساختاری و رویکرد کم‌ترین مربعات جزئی استفاده شد. نتایج این پژوهش از بررسی 473 شرکت این شهرک نشان داد که استراتژی یادگیری اکتشافی بر هر دو نوع خلاقیت بداهه و ترکیبی اثر مثبت و معنی‌داری دارد و به‌طور غیرمستقیم بر نوآوری و عملکرد محصول جدید اثر می‌گذارد. استراتژی یادگیری بهره‌بردارانه تنها بر خلاقیت بداهه اثر می‌گذارد. خلاقیت بداهه نه‌تنها اثر قابل‌توجهی بر خلاقیت ترکیبی دارد، بلکه هر دو این خلاقیت‌ها اثر مثبت و معنی‌داری بر نوآوری و عملکرد محصول جدید این شرکت‌ها دارند.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Investigating the Effect of Organizational Learning Strategies on Creativity, Innovation and New Product Performance: Case of Study: Small Firms in Paytakht Industrial City

نویسندگان [English]

  • Seyed Majid Elahi 1
  • , Seyedeh Marziyeh Hosseini Hosseini 2
  • masomeh rahmani 3

1 Assistant Professor of Industrial Management Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Noruzian Street, Qazvin

2 Senior expert in the Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Center, Tehran, Iran

3 Master of Industrial Management, Industrial Management Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Noruzian Street, Qazvin

چکیده [English]

In this era of rapid changes, industries must be flexible and responsive to survive in the market. Achieving this flexibility and responsiveness requires learning from the environment, alongside fostering innovation, creativity, and possibly launching new products. Different learning strategies lead to varying outcomes; thus, this research explores the effects of learning strategies on innovation, creativity, and the performance of new products in small firms.
The experience of the 2008 economic crisis in Europe demonstrated that firms' intangible assets, such as employee skills, experience, and knowledge, played a critical role in preventing bankruptcy. This realization led companies to recognize assets such as personnel abilities in learning, creativity, innovation, and the integration of practical knowledge as key sources of competitive advantage. Research has shown that small firms, in addition to their positive impact on economic growth, outperform larger firms in terms of adaptability and creativity. The service portal of the Organization for Iran Small Industries and Industrial Towns reported over 50,000 active small firms by the end of June 2022, underscoring their significance in the country's economy. However, the high failure rate of new products and the limited resources available to small firms make the success of new product development a critical issue.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Organizational learning strategies
  • innovation
  • creativity
  • new product performance
  • small industrial firms
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