Abstract

Continuously Strengthening The Organization Competitiveness Through Learning Has Become An important development strategy during the era of knowledge economy, even to medical institutions, whose human resource is extremely important capital.

The objective of this study is to find the linkage between organizational learning (shared vision, personal mastery, mental model improvement, team learning, and systematical thinking) and knowledge management (knowledge acquirement, knowledge innovation, knowledge accumulation, knowledge sharing, and knowledge application), in order to provide managers to make good use of organizational learning to build knowledge management, and eventually to strengthen organizational competitiveness. Data from 182 hospitals in Taiwan, with a response rate of 33.1%, confirm the positive correlation between organizational learning and knowledge management.