Purchase Solution

Learning Organizations

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

What is a "learning organization"? How does it differ from the sum of the knowledge possessed by all the individual members of the organization?
Organizations aren't just one big social network in which everybody is equally connected to everybody else, but a lot of smaller networks that are often only partially connected to each other. How does this increase or decrease the possibilities for a learning organization?

How can the kinds of social media that Bersin discusses help develop the learning organization? Are there any potential downsides to the use of such media?

Are there any ways in which social media tools might facilitate learning in the context of a widely distributed organizational system?

How could we become more of a "learning organization" ourselves?
What, if anything, does thinking about an "organization as a brain" add to what we have learned by thinking about an "organization as a machine" and an "organization as an organism"?

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

The solution does 3 things: First, we define what a learning organization is. Secondly, we look at the questions in the assignment and critical thinking on the student's part is encouraged. Finally, we look at a rough outline of a how a paper might be put together.

Solution Preview

Thank you for posting today. It is my goal to provide ideas, definitions, research help, and instructions on how you, the student, should approach the assignment.

First off, let's define learning organization: A learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. Clearly, this is not the same as the "sum of knowledge". When you have a learning organization, you have an organization that proactively gets involved and takes concrete, measurable, identifiable steps.

The assignment next asks you to think about how ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting

This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.

Business Processes

This quiz is intended to help business students better understand business processes, including those related to manufacturing and marketing. The questions focus on terms used to describe business processes and marketing activities.

Social Media: Pinterest

This quiz introduces basic concepts of Pinterest social media

Situational Leadership

This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • learning organizations

    400379 Differentiate between learning organizations and traditional organizations Differentiate between learning organizations and traditional organizations. Discuss the differences/similarities and note which you would prefer.

  • Transformation of Healthcare Learning Organizations

    343630 Healthcare organizations that have instituted transformational changes to promote/create learning organizations Identify two healthcare organizations that have instituted transformational changes to promote/create learning organizations One of

  • Compare four types of collective learning. I need assistanc

    Organizations: Collective learning through organizations is basically the exact opposite of individual learning.

  • Defining a Learning Organization

    This can be compared to organizations that are not learning organizations, where experience continues to accumulate but it typically lacks the advancement in learning and continual development.

  • Enabling Learning Organization to Survive

    609960 Enabling Learning Organization to Survive 1. What is a learning organization? 2. What factors have enabled learning organizations to survive. 3. What changes can learning organizations implement to ensure its continued existence?

  • Features of Learning Organizations

    What is the importance of the concept of learning organizations to today's organizations? Learning organizations support learning by individuals and teams to maintain competitive advantage.

  • Internet Based E-Learning for Professional Development

    585415 Internet based e-learning for professional development in organizations What are the advantages and disadvantages of internet-based e-learning in organizations?

  • Organizational Learning, Learning Organizations, Google

    566423 Organizational Learning, Learning Organizations, Google I just need help with this portion of my assignment.

  • Learning Organizational Behavior

    131684 Learning Organizational Behavior How can learning about organizational behavior give a person a better understanding of organizations in their community?

  • Learning organizations and organizational learning

    Organizational learning and learning organizations are examined.

View More Related Solutions