Summarize three scholarly articles about learning organizations and use the information in the articles to describe different aspects of learning organizations.
Like people, healthy organizations “learn.” An organization becomes a “learning organization” when it develops processes, systems, and human resources that are capable of sharing knowledge, continuously innovating, and benefitting from mistakes and failures as well as successes.
This process leads to a corporate mindset of continuous improvement – always striving for perfection along the way, understanding that perfection is a state which will never be fully achieved.SHOW LESSBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the historical perspectives of the study of organizational structure and design and its applications in today’s world.
Explain the meaning of “learning organization.”
Competency 2: Analyze the impact of learning and performance in organizational structures.
Describe the ways an organization can learn.
Describe the benefits of being a learning organization.
Describe disadvantages of being a learning organization.
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Toggle DrawerQuestions to Consider
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.
What assumptions do you have about change? Why might an organization see change as undesirable? Is change something an organization can plan for?
How might an organization benefit from failure? Should organization members actually be encouraged to “fail?”
What are some tools and methods organizations use to share knowledge both internally and externally?
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Suggested Resources
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Thinking Habits of Mind, Heart, and Imagination.
New Business Realities of the 21st Century.
Organization Structure, Learning, and Performance Theory Paper.
SHOW LESSLibrary Resources
The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:
Galbraith, J. R. (2014). Designing organizations: Strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Wheatley, M. J., & Kellner Rogers, M. (1996). A simpler way. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
Course Library Guide
A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the BUS-FP4013 – Organizational Structure, Learning, and Performance Library Guide to help direct your research.Additional Resources
The resource listed below is relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and is not required.
Lawler, E. E. (1996). From the ground up: Six principles for building the new logic corporation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Assessment Instructions
To prepare for this assessment, use the Capella library to search for articles using the exact term “learning organizations.” Select at least three scholarly articles to use in this assessment.For this assessment, complete the following:
Briefly summarize each of the three articles you selected and explain why you selected each article.
Use the information presented in the articles to address the following:
Explain what a “learning organization” is.
Describe at least three ways that an organization might “learn.”
Describe the benefits of an organization being a learning organization.
Describe any disadvantages to an organization being a learning organization.