I agree that the focus on the individual learner as "the unit of analysis"
represents the mainstream of the Learning-Organization community. And,
I'm all in favor of nurturing individual learning and growth.
However, I think organizations also learn at various organizational
levels. And, in the extreme, organizations can learn without any on the
individuals in the organization even being aware of what the organization
has learned.
Unfortunately, the current L-O community is so focused on the individual
learner as to be culturally and perceptually impaired when it comes to
organizational level learning. I suspect this impairment will limit the
contributions from the L-O efforts and eventually the L-O movement will be
displaced by a new HR/OD fad.
Doug Merchant
--"Doug Merchant" <dougm@eclipse.net>
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