Improving organisational learning in project-based organisations through the translation of project lessons learnt into project risks

Bredell, C.Tshuma, Brighton2025-11-032025-11-032025-08-29Bredell, C. & Tshuma, B. 2025, 'Improving organisational learning in project-based organisations through the translation of project lessons learnt into project risks', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 134-148. http://dx.doi.org//10.7166/36-2-3241.1012-277X (print)2224-7890 (online)10.7166/36-2-3241http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105081ENGLISH : This study examines the translation of lessons learnt into risks in project-based organisations to improve organisational learning through the development of a knowledge transfer model. A qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews, a focus group interview, and an organisational repository reviewing a single case study organisation revealed that framing lessons as risks enhances organisational learning by strengthening critical practices such as systematic problem-solving, learning from past experiences, and efficient knowledge transfer. The proposed model configures the application of risk-phrased lessons learnt to promote the transfer of knowledge and to foster organisational learning in project-based organisations.AFRIKAANS : Hierdie studie ondersoek die vertaling van geleerde lesse in risikos binne projekgebaseerde organisasies, om organisatoriese leer te verbeter deur die ontwikkeling van ’n kennisoordragmodel. Die kwalitatiewe analise van semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude, ’n fokusgroeponderhoud en organisatoriese dokumentasie in ’n enkele gevallestudie-organisasie het aan die lig gebring dat die uiteensetting van lesse as risiko’s organisatoriese leer verbeter deur sleutelpraktyke soos sistematiese probleemoplossing, leer uit vorige ervarings en doeltreffende kennisoordrag te versterk. Die voorgestelde model konfigureer die toepassing van risiko-gefraseerde lesse wat geleer is om die oordrag van kennis te bevorder en om organisatoriese leer in projekgebaseerde organisasies te bevorder.enCreative Commons License - CC BY 4.0.TranslationLessonsRisksVertalingGeleerdeRrisikosImproving organisational learning in project-based organisations through the translation of project lessons learnt into project risksArticle