This is especially critical since this ensures effectiveness in the workplace when the environment provides a viable atmosphere for members thereto to continually improve themselves professionally and personally. The end result of which is further and continuous improvement in individual and organizational performances. Third Student: When most people hear about learning organizations, the first thing that may come to their minds is the school or college they are going to or have gone to. But the reality of which is that learning or the acquisition of knowledge never stops and even if people are already working or at the peak of their careers, they have to continually improve so as not to remain stagnant or complacent. Thus, they have to be a part of a learning organization that "provides continuous learning opportunities, uses learning to reach their goals, links individual performance with organizational performance, fosters inquiry and dialogue, making it safe for people to share openly and take risk, and embraces creative tension as a source of energy and renewal (Smith, 2001)." Consequently, learning becomes a continuous process seeking improvement in what is in order to have better systems, processes, methods, and standards that can become models and best practices the organization can always be proud of.

Fourth Student: Being known as or called a learning organization is no small feat because it carries with it...

First of all, to become a learning organization is to have the knowledge and information repository that can be passed on to learners and members. Then, there has to be systems and methods in place in how to go about providing these knowledge and information to learners. There is also a critical need to really want the learning in the organization to be a continuous process of improving performances and activities in order to attain organizational achievements. Most importantly, the leadership in the learning organization should be the very best since these leaders will pave the way for the members to realize that learning is not only a way of improving their organizational effectiveness and efficiency but the lives of the members as well. Indeed, since learning is an ongoing process, then learning is very much part of life.
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