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How do you define a learning organization?

Peter Senge (Author & Professor, MIT)


Peter Senge answers the question by first suggesting that “we jettison the jargon” and work on organizations where everyone works together successfully. He discusses how there are only two dominant factors within an organization: control or learning and the question is which one is dominant. He lays out the major factors that need to be present in order for an organization to be centered in learning.

Peter Senge

Author & Professor, MIT Peter Senge is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Sustainabilityat the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of The Fifth Discipline. The Journal of Business Strategy named Senge one of the 24 people who has had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years. The Financial Times named him one of the world’s top management gurus, and BusinessWeek rated Senge one of the top 10 management gurus. Senge has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abstract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change.

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Peter Senge

Author & Professor, MIT

Peter Senge is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Sustainabilityat the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of The Fifth Discipline. The Journal of Business Strategy named Senge one of the 24 people who has had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years. The Financial Times named him one of the world’s top management gurus, and BusinessWeek rated Senge one of the top 10 management gurus. Senge has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abstract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change.

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