A research for determining the relation between the Hofstede model in organizaton culture and the learning organization

The main goal of this thesis is to determine the relation between organization culture and learning organization, based on Geert Hofstede's organization culture traits. Also, the meaning in the perception of the existing organization culture between two different organizations is tried to be related. In this study, the gap in the topic of relation between learning organization and organization culture is tried to be filled by analyzing it; also, this study is aimed to be an important guiding tool for businesses which are trying to become a learning organization. Traits of the organization culture are examined one by one by means of Hofstede's DAM94 scale, traits of the learning organizations are evaluated by the help of the scale named "Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ)" which is presented by Watkins and Marsick. Traits of the organization culture and traits of the learning organization are compared and the relation between them is examined with correlation analysis. Reviewing this research all in all according to this analysis' results, it is determined that the relation between Hofstede's organization culture and learning organization is weak. Keywords: Learning Organization, Organizational Culture, Hofstede