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This 17 page paper considers the way in which an company may change and develop into a learning organisation. The paper starts by defining what is meant by a learning organisation along with the benefits and the barriers. The paper then looks at how the transformation could take place. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
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that have helped it to success and develop new ways of competing to stay ahead of the rivals. Porter argues that competitive advantages will not last long (Porter, 1985) with
more recent studies looking at first mover advantages indicating they may last an average of only 18 months (Thompson, 2005). For a company to develop and change it needs
to become an organisation that can learn to change and adapt. The concept of the learning organisation is also a way getting a company to a stage where it can
rise beyond a plateau of achievement and move onto new stages. In this report we will consider how and why the model of a learning organisation can be of benefit
to a forward looking company and hoe it may be implemented. 2. A Learning Organisation The concept of a learning organisation
is one where "people at all levels, individuals and collectively, are continually increasing their capacity to produce results they really care about" (Karash, 2004).
However, the idea of the need to learn to develop and respond may not be seen as new, this dates back to ideas such as Sun Tzu
and Confucius (Thompson, 1998). In terms of business the idea of the learning organisation in more than one where there is learning,
the learning has to be put into practice to help the company develop and evolve. It is as a process of evolution that the learning organisation is commonly perceived (Mintzberg
et al, 2003). The idea of a becoming a learning organisation is seen as a source of potential of becoming a competitive
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