Title : 
Information Technology, E-Learning and Organizational Learning
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Bus. Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper introduces and argues that e-learning supported by information technology can enhance organizational learning, through which firms can gain competitive advantage and improve firm performance. By synthesizing the evidence in organizational learning, information technology and e-learning researches, it is proved that e-learning technologies and techniques can encourage and facilitate organizational learning by transforming tacit knowledge into explicit one and diffusing it.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer aided instruction; knowledge management; management education; e-learning; information technology; organizational learning; Business communication; Companies; Electronic learning; Globalization; Information processing; Information technology; Learning systems; Performance gain; Road transportation; Technology management;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
E-Business and Information System Security, 2009. EBISS '09. International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Wuhan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2909-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2910-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/EBISS.2009.5138004