IMPROVING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATION DIVERSITY IN ACHIEVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Abstract

This study describes the importance of transformative learning as a link between explorative and exploitative learning. Transformative learning refers to the retention of knowledge over time in a dynamic environment. The knowledge that has been good maintained to be reactivated through organizational experience. The balance of explorative, transformative, and exploitative learning will affect innovation diversity and business performance. The learning process is exploratory, transformative, and exploitative different, but mutually dependent and mutually supportive experience. This study offers empirical model development learning organizational in influencing the innovation diversity, in order to obtain clarity of how to increase the innovation diversity in achieving business performance. This study incorporates Resources Based Theory, and Organizational learning theory. Organizational learning theory to explain the spread of transformative learning into the realm of Resources Based Theory, which is the realm of capabilities and innovation that is a competitive advantage to a business performance.