Business
Provide a chorally definition of organizational learners.
There are two perspectives on organizational learners. The technical view presumes that organizational learning involves learning both in and out of the organization. The social view posits that learning occurs within the context of social interaction with others and that it comes from explicit and implicit sources, form both direct and indirect learning and form a synthesis of experiences. These experiences include situated practice, observation, and socialization by both modeling and practice.
Organizational learning involves experiential learning per Dewey and Kurt Lewin as well as learning that centers on reflection. There is also informal learning and single -- as well as double-loop learning, one of which involves detection and correction of errors and the other which involves challenging the governing principles themselves (Pegasus Communication).
Is there a difference between the notion of Organizational Learners and that of the Learning Organization?
There is certainly a contrast between the learning organization and the notion of Organizational Learners. The learning organization is an ideal, 'towards which organizations...
Organizational Learners, on the other hand, is one or more style of learning that individuals adopt to internalize information.
On the other hand, commonality may be found in that one of the styles of learning involves Communities of practice where learners surround themselves with inspirational influence. Communities of practice is also an inseparable part of the Learning Organization
In short, the only differences exist in the way that they learn with each (Pegasus Communication)
3. Please describe the extent to which you believe General Motors is also a Leaning Organization. If so, how does GM "learn"? What has GM learned and through what mechanism.
GM learns from its experience. It uses its past to reflect on its future, and on how to improve its practices. In this way, it practices a reflective type of learning as well as one that is experiential. Learning comes from both tacit sources such as its explicit sources such as financial information, or they may be derived from tacit sources, such as the 'feel' that'd skilled craftsperson has, or the intuition. Its learning also comes…
