The article by Irena Katane called “Evaluation of Support and Promotion System Model for Development of Staff Competitiveness in Modern Enterprise as Learning Organization” focuses on a concept of learning organization as one promoting internal competitiveness and performance improvement. The author outlines 3 main spheres where a specialist could develop their competitiveness. They include activity sphere, interaction with the environment and personality and self-development sphere (Katane, 2014). The author views an enterprise as a learning organization that has multiple layers such as self-management, educational environment, promotion and professional support. The study finds that organizational learning is composed of all the employees as individuals, requires career counseling and mentoring to facilitate a knowledge society (Katane, 2014). In my opinion, the article fully reflects the components needed to create organizational learning except for knowledge acquisition. I believe that the inflow of knowledge has to come from both inside and outside of an organization, which is not reflected in the article.
The article by Cox and Blake called “Managing cultural diversity: implications for organizational competitiveness” views diverse workforce demographics as a competitive advantage. The authors find that failure to manage diverse workforce results in unnecessary costs, which means that developing a flexible diverse organizational culture will reduce income losses and improve resource acquisition (Cox & Blake, 1991). Besides, the authors argue that diverse workplace will facilitate innovation and creativity. In my opinion, the article points out the positive aspects of a diverse organizational culture, and learning is one of them, but it fails to mention that diverse professional environment requires special teaching and counseling approach in order to provide collaboration between all the diverse members.
Reference List
Cox, T. H., & Blake, S. (1991). Managing cultural diversity: implications for organizational competitiveness. The Executive, 5(3), 45-56.
Katane, I. (2014). Evaluation of Support and Promotion System Model for Development of Staff Competitiveness in Modern Enterprise as Learning Organization. Engineering for Rural development, 13, 529-534.