Organizational Learning Methods

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A learning organization is a fancy way of saying that it’s an organization that changes over time, before that change becomes necessary. Basically, getting ahead of the 8-ball.

There are two types of organizational learning:

Single-loop: What the crowd does. They solve problems with their old, dry, worn-out policies and practices. Don’t go with the crowd. Be different. Stand out.

Double-loop: Actually modifying those old, dry, worn-out policies, practices, and goals in order to adapt to whatever prompted the change in the first place. It’s how an organization stands out and doesn’t follow the crowd. It also likely keeps the organization alive when everything hits the fan.



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