African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Technological innovation implementation: A proposed model on organizational learning capability with moderating effect of knowledge complexity

  Adam Mat1* and Razli Che Razak2  
  1Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. 2Centre for International Affairs and Cooperation (CIAC), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
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  •  Accepted: 11 August 2011
  •  Published: 31 March 2013

Abstract

 

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between organizational learning capability, knowledge complexity and their impact on technological innovation implementation success. The rapidly rising rate of technological change in manufacturing process presents a lot of challenges and opportunities for organizations. Research has fairly established that technological innovation implementation is associated with organizational learning. However, few studies have investigated on the roles of knowledge complexity on the established relationship. This paper focuses at implementation phase of innovation process, where innovation has been fully developed, then it must be implemented. The issue of implementation is crucial in innovation research. Identification of success or failure of innovation can be done through implementation phase. Furthermore, the success of the technology implementation will determine whether any innovation has achieved its objective or not.

 

Key words: Technological innovation, knowledge complexity, organizational learning capability.