Replying to LO29546 --
If we're viewing "learning organization" a la Senge and others, viewing
them through some very specific kinds of lenses, then I could agree that
not all organizations are "LO's".
However, if I view it a bit more broadly, in terms of whether or not the
organizations and people are learning, then certainly I'd have to agree
with Mark. Organizations all learn, just as people are constantly
learning. Tacitly, incidentally, as well as formally.
The bigger question for me is, WHAT are they learning, and is this
learning likely to promote and enhance, or restrict and distort, their
development?
Perhaps we are once again back to the question of What is learning?
> I guess I disagree with this, as I do to all other claims that seem to
> suggest that not all organizations are learning organizations. I believe
> that all organizations are learning organizations, though some are more
> prolific at learning than others. To test my claim, can anyone provide
> me/us with examples of organizations that do NOT learn?
Terri
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