RETHINKING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

Abstract

This article offers a conception of the learning organization. From this model, we discuss ways in which organizational development can now be used to create learning organizations and ways in which organizational development theory and practice might change to create learning organizations. We consider three ways OD may contribute to the learning organization: supportive systems of interaction, guiding values, and a sense of structural alternatives. We look at contributions learning organizations make to OD, in terms of changing conceptions of dialogue, system diagnosis focused on learning, intervention focused on long term empowerment, and measurement at the macro system level.

Citation

Watkins, K.E. and Golembiewski, R.T. (1995), "RETHINKING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION", The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028825