Unlearning at the organizational level requires unlearning at the individual level as well. However, unlearning at the individual level may not require any organizational unlearning. 

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Many different definitions exist for organizational unlearning but they each define a process that removes certain behaviors from an organization. It is the discarding of old routines to allow room for new routines. 

Organizational Unlearning

 Tsang, E. W. K., & Zahra, S. A. (2008). Organizational unlearning. Human Relations, 61(10), 1435–1462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726708095710


Unlearning at the individual vs. the organizational level

Knowledge transfer is a process where an organization recreates or maintains a system of routines or behaviors in a new setting. This can be affected by the process of unlearning because people can be compelled to maintain the "norm".

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