Learning Organization and Its Influence on Organization’ Resilience and Creativity in Mansoura Oncology Center

Abstract

Background: Nowadays, all organizations as response to challenges strive to build strong internal and external cooperation through Learning and resilience. These strong alliances and cooperation enable all employees to create new ideas to face these challenges through enhancing and encouraging capabilities of learning & creativity. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of learning organization on organization resilience and creativity in Mansoura Oncology Center. Design: Descriptive correlation design was used. Setting: Mansoura Oncology Center which affiliated at Mansoura University. Subjects: 125 nurses working at Mansoura Oncology Center Tools: Three tools were used: Learning organization questionnaire (DLOQ), organizational resilience scale and creativity audit questionnaire. Results: Less than two thirds of staff nurses reported that the learning organization level was moderate; slightly less than two thirds of them reported that the resilience level was high, while more than half of them reported that the level of creativity was moderate. There was significant positive correlation between learning organization, resilience, and creativity in the studied setting. Conclusion: Learning organization and resilience plays a significant role in creativity of nurses. Recommendations: Organization should provide its nurses with formal or informal learning opportunities as well as team learning, Talent management and planning should be considered for intellectual capital and intellectual property in the organization and the managers need to enhance organizational creativity by understanding the personal demands of its nurses.