A Typology of the Idea of Learning Organization
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Management Learning
- Vol. 33 (2) , 213-230
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507602332004
Abstract
A topology of the idea of `learning organization' is developed and presented. The typology is inductively created and based on how the term `learning organization' is used in the literature and by practitioners. Four distinct types of understanding were found: `organizational learning', `learning at work', `learning climate' and `learning structure'. The same types of understanding seem to appear both in the literature and in accounts made by practitioners. Thus the term `learning organization' is probably not unduly confusing to the practitioners. Instead, the different versions of the idea in the literature seem to give companies the opportunity to choose a version suitable for their specific situation.Keywords
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