Hi Howard,
I believe that all organizations are learning organizations. Some are
much better at it than others, but i'm not sure anyone could define some
threshhold beyond which you "are one".
For profit-making orgs. in competitive industries, the metrics are fairly
simple. Companies that continue to grow and profit for any extended
length of time are better learning orgs than their competitors who do not
do so well. The rules and playing field change continuously, so these
companies must learn more and more effectively to survive. I'm not sure
the metrics are so simple in less competitive environments, like a police
department or a community orchestra.
Regards,
Scott Elliott
--Scott Ellliott <scotte@sonic.net>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>