Organizational adaptation to climate changelearning to anticipate energy disruptions

Resumo

Purpose - This paper aims to investigate how organizational learning (OL) affects the development of anticipatory adaptation to climate change in companies. Because the need to learn increases in circumstances of greater uncertainty such as the case of climate change, one of the processes that can explain different levels of anticipatory adaptation to climate change (AACC) by companies is OL. Design/methodology/approach - The research uses a case study design. Following the procedures of qualitative sampling, an exemplary case of organizational adaptation to climate change in a sector that is extremely affected by the impacts of weather events was chosen. Empirical data collection includes semi-structured interviews and the collection of private and public documents. Such data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Findings - The process of OL for anticipatory adaptation to climate change presents substantial differences from the traditional OL process presented by the specialized literature. In particular, the concepts of single-and double-loop learning were challenging to fit into the learning processes required for AACC. Originality/value - Organizations have historically been working towards the adaption to external unforeseen events, but anticipatory adaptation to climate change presents new challenges and requires new forms of learning. Previous research has examined the interplay between learning and climate change adaptation, especially at the inter-organizational level. By developing research at the organizational level, this paper addresses a gap in the literature and shows that the required learning to adapt to climate change differs from the traditional learning, described in the management literature.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2017

Instituição

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1108/IJCCSM-09-2016-0146

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23788

Temas

Meio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Climate changeOrganizational learningAnticipatory adaptationEnergy disruptionsManagementCiências sociaisMudanças climáticasPlanejamento estratégico