Impact of Learning Organization on Organizational Survival in Some Selected Nigerian Manufacturing Firms

The uncertainty in Nigerian business environment has made it difficult for businesses to respond quickly to the unpredicted and changing environment. Therefore, the study evaluated the effect of learning organization on organizational survival with reference to selected Nigerian manufacturing firms. The study objectives were to: examine the influence of learning organization on organizational survival; evaluate the relationship between learning organization elements and organizational survival elements. Primary data were obtained through a questionnaire. A total of 359 respondents were randomly sampled from the study population of 5401 employees. Multiple regression and correlation were used for data analysis. The result of the regression showed that learning organization has significant impact on organizational survival (R Square of 0.959, p-value=0.000) and the result of the correlation analysis indicated that there is a positive significant relationship between learning organization elements and organizational survival elements. The study concluded that learning organization increased the organization’s ability to be innovative which increases chances of survival. The study therefore recommends that Nigerian manufacturing firms should adopt learning organization in its entirety, in order to come up with various strategies that strengthen their survival.

Keywords: Learning Organization, Manufacturing Firms, Organizational Survival