Tom,
There indeed can be and is individual learning without organization
learning.
Individuals learn about process results, the machines they use, the
markets they sell in, all the time. Whether or not this is applied by the
organization and used by the organization depends on the practices of the
managers and the culture they cultivate.
I see all too often understanding in one place and denial in another. The
management that brings these together causes organizational learning.
>Organizations cannot exist without individuals and individuals seem to
>need organizations to work cooperatively; so trying to show how one can
>learn without the other seems contradictory to me.
Eugene Taurman
interLinx ilx@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~ilx
What you are is determined by the thoughts that dominate your mind.
Paraphrase of Proverbs Ch 23 vs 7 KJV
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