A learning organization is a concept in management theory describing a company that actively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge, and continuously modifies its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insight. The idea was popularized by Peter Senge in his 1990 book The Fifth Discipline, which identified five disciplines, including systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning, that Senge argued organizations must cultivate to sustain the capacity to learn and adapt over time. The concept has been influential in organizational development, encouraging companies to treat continuous learning and adaptability as a deliberate strategic capability rather than an incidental byproduct of operations.
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Core ClaimA learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. 1 Origin YearWikipedia states the concept was coined through the work of Peter Senge and colleagues but does not give a year in prose; its own reference list dates Senge's foundational publication to 1990. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Foundational organizational-learning scholar with Donald Schon; Peter Senge, who popularized the term, is not yet a live entity, see MintCandidate.
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a learning organization is a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself.
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Senge, P. M. (1990). The art and practice of the learning organization.
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