The learning organisation approaches in the Jihad-e Agriculture Organisation, Iran

Abstract

The study aimed to explore the effects of learning organisation components on staff productivity in the Jihad-e Agriculture Organisation (JAO) of Fars province, Iran. The statistical population was composed of 292 staffs working in this organisation. The sample size was determined by Bartlett’s table and was taken by the systematic technique. The results revealed that most staff in JAO were moderately or poorly productive. Among the components of learning organisations, system approach, team learning, and personal mastery were stronger predictors of this variable. It was found that 39% of the variance of learning organisation was accounted for by five components of system approach, team learning, mental models, shared vision, and personal mastery. In other words, it can be claimed that these components can capture 39% of the variance of the learning organisation variable. Also, learning organisation and its components could predict 43% of the variance of staff productivity.