Project Management and the Learning Organization
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Topics: Communications Management, Organizational Project Management, Resource Management
Very few people have not heard the term learning organization. However, do we know what it has to offer project planning management? We would like to start with the definition of “organizational learning” from Wikipedia:
“Organizational learning is the process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organization. An organization improves over time as it gains experience. From this experience, it is able to create knowledge. This knowledge is broad, covering any topic that could better an organization. Examples may include ways to increase production efficiency or to develop beneficial investor relations. Knowledge is created at four different units: individual, group, organizational, and inter organizational.”
We should first address that organizational learning consists of processes both technical and social. A learning organization employs those processes for organizational and individual improvement. We will use the term LO throughout this article, and it will employ both individual and organizational meanings.
The term LO is not new by any stretch of the imagination, but it did not become widely accepted until the 1990s. When we look at the strides made during that time, we can see examples of a shared vision, systems thinking and an open mental model. In LO, it is only called the mental model; however, I have added &…
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