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A 5 page paper discussing organizational learning within the concept of the organization as a "brain" in which many bits of information are stored. These bits must be retrievable to be useable, indicating the need for a central repository system (i.e., accessible information systems). Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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company that seeks to gain benefit from employees that many other organizations miss. "Unlike most companies, which have a mantra of attract, develop and retain, Avnets policy is attract,
develop and engage. The distinction is important because the aim is not just employee loyalty - its also improvements in performance" (Summerfield, 2007). The company trains for learning, then
provides avenues by which employees can apply their own learning to enhance that which occurs at the organizational level. Organizational Learning Sandra Kerka
(1995) uses the principles discussed by Peter Senges (1990) The Fifth Discipline to create a framework in which to identify and discuss individual characteristics of the learning organization. Though
she states that at the time of writing there was no consensus on what constitutes a learning organization, there are at least six characteristics common to all organizations that others
can label as being attuned to learning from events that have occurred in the past. A learning organization is one that possesses several qualities, and of course every organization
differs in its approaches to and use of information. Kerka (1995) states that true learning organization possess six characteristics: * "They provide continuous learning opportunities. * "They use learning
to reach their goals. * "They link individual performance with organizational performance. * "They foster inquiry and dialogue, making it safe for people to share openly and take risks. *
"They embrace creative tension as a source of energy and renewal. * "They are continuously aware of and interact with their environment" (Kerka, 1995). Organizational Knowledge
Kerkas (1995) list of characteristics of learning organizations appears to place learning as a result of knowledge: as facts become known (i.e., the number and type of
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