Strategic Modernization from Organizational Learning Perspective: Empirical Examination of the 4i Model

In the present study organizational learning is explored from the organizational learning perspective. First by reviewing the available literature on strategic modernization and organizational learning, a deeper understanding about the relation between the two concepts was achieved. 4i model was identified as the research basis due to its universality. The case study subject was Tehran Municipality's Information Technology because of the frequent and fundamental transformations it has gone through in the recent years. Based on the previous research methods used for examining 4i model, a qualitative method was developed and 4i model and the relation between strategic modernization and organizational learning were tested in an Iranian organization. At the end some notes on organizational learning processes and their role in strategic modernization are mentioned.