The U.S. Army: A Learning Organization

13 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Last revised: 16 Oct 2021

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Alvaro M. Gonzalez

Vision360 Coaching & Consulting; The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

Date Written: April 12, 2010

Abstract

Peter M. Senge, a senior lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first introduced his learning organization concept in the early 1990’s with the publishing of The Fifth Discipline book, which has since been revised during 2006. A ‘learning organization’ focused on the development of every member with superior performance in service of that organization’s purpose. The more the organization’s members increase their ability to learn collaboratively, the more they can accomplish the higher performance, which can then effectively and positively change their organization. Learning organizations can include corporation, schools, hospitals, non-for-profits, and government agencies – basically, any organization where people are placed together to accomplish a common goal, which they could not have created on their own. Organizational learning has five lifelong disciplines: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning. This paper will introduce some of the several aspects of the learning organization in the U.S. Army based on the current fight against the war on terror.

Keywords: U.S. Army, learning organization, Peter M. Senge

Suggested Citation

Gonzalez, Alvaro M., The U.S. Army: A Learning Organization (April 12, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1588284 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1588284

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