The Literature in Learning Organizations

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Introduction:

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the literature in Learning Organizations and discuss several models in building a learning organization. To this end, the paper analyses the parameters that help build a learning organization, draws upon various scholarly work in this field including Huber 1991, Garvin 1993, Schein 1993, Argyris 1994, Goh 1998, Chau 2008, Serrat 2009.

The various definitions of authors on Learning Organizations include

In a learning organization, individuals are the key where they are acting in order to learn, or where they are acting to produce a result. All the knowledge has to be generalized and crafted in ways in which the mind and brain can use it in order to make it actionable (Argyris 1993)

Organizational learning is learning about learning. The outcome will be a renewed connection between employees and their work, which will spur the organization to create a future for itself (Braham 1996)

Organizational learning is the ability to adapt and utilize knowledge as a source of competitive knowledge. Learning must result in a change in the organization’s behavior and action patterns (Denton 1998)

A learning organization is linked to action learning processes where it releases the energy and learning of the people in the hour-to-hour, day-to-day operational cycles of business

(Garrat 1995)

A learning organization has the powerful capacity to collect, store, and transfer knowledge and thereby continuously transform itself for corporate success. It empowers people within and outside the company to learn as they work. A most critical component is

the utilization of technology to optimize both learning and productivity

(Marquardt and Kearsley 1999)

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...de to Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.

Senge, P.M. (1990), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization,

Century Business, London.

Schein, E.H. (1988), Process Consultation Volume I: Its Role in Organization Development,

Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.

Yeo, R. (2003), “Linking organizational learning to organizational performance: Singapore case studies”, The Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Swee C. Goh (1998) Towards a Learning Organization : The Strategic Building Blocks

Olivier Serrat (2009) Building A Learning Organisation

David A Garvin (1993) Building A Learning Organisation

Huber (1991) Organizational Learning: The Contributing Process and literature

Chau, S.L. 2008 Antecedents of organizational learning: a conceptual framework

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