by Jennifer Yu
Learning organizations by Peter Senge
"Organizational learning involves individual learning, and those who make the shift from traditional organization thinking to learning organizations develop the ability to think critically and creatively. These skills transfer nicely to the values and assumptions inherent in Organization Development (OD). " (Larsen, McInerne, Nyquist, Santos, & Silsbee, N.D.)
One of his other works is "The Fifth Discipline"
Five Basic Ingredients: (Larsen, McInerne, Nyquist, Santos, & Silsbee, N.D.)
1. Systems thinking: he considered the systems as a living entity. In relation to that is to help the managers figure out the repetitive patterns that leads to recurrent, which is termed as "systems archetype".
2. Personal mastery: it is developing skills and spiritual growth in the learning organization.
"In Senge's own words a learning organisation is "a group of people who are continually enhancing their capability to create their future" by "changing individuals so that they produce results they care about, accomplish things that are important to them.""
3. Mental models: "This discipline requires managers to construct mental models for the driving forces behind the organisation's values and principles."
4. Shared vision: "He claims that shared vision occurs when the vision is no longer seen by the team members as separate from the self."
5. Team learning: "effective team learning involves alternating processes for dialogue and discussion. Dialogue is exploratory and widens possibilities, whereas discussion narrows down the options to find the best alternatives for future decisions."
Reflection:
Based on my understanding, a learning organization is about an organization itself speaking to its member about what needs to be done and what's not needed. About letting the people in the organization know his/her own skills to help the organizational members work at its best. Thus, it is said to be like a utopia since it wants to be perfect.
Source: Larsen, K., McInerne, C., Nyquist, C., Santos, A., Silsbee, D. (N.D.). Learning Organizations. Internet. Retrieved August, 25, 2010 from, http://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/larsenk/learnorg/index.html#_Toc356579313
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