Organizations that can change and adapt are those that will survive. In The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge set out some key concepts that help organizations thrive and survive. This article is a quick and thorough summary of Senge's basic organizational learning theory.
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WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING?The world seems to be changing faster and faster -- from the technologies available to us, to the increasingly global scope of our interactions. Moreover, the problems facing us as a global community seem to be growing ever more complex and serious. How do we navigate such change and address these problems -- not only in our work lives but also in our families, communities, and schools?
We believe that organizations groups of people who come together to accomplish a purpose -- hold an important key to these questions. The field of organizational learning explores ways to design organizations so that they fulfill their function effectively, encourage people to reach their full potential, and, at the same time, help the world to be a better place.
Article: The Systems Thinker Newsletter
Posted on April 27, 2002 02:37 PM