Army Management Staff College (amsc) Podcast

James Cameron and John Kotzman discuss the tenets of learning organizations. Learning organizations facilitate the learning of its members and continuously transform themselves. The concept was coined through the work and research of Peter Senge and his colleagues. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, and The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization, describe five disciplines that must be mastered when introducing learning into an organization: -Personal Mastery - begins "by becoming committed to lifelong learning," and is the spiritual cornerstone of a learning organization. Personal Mastery involves being more realistic, focusing on becoming the best person possible, and striving for a sense of commitment and excitement in our careers to facilitate the realization of potential (Senge 1990,11). -Mental Models - must be managed because they do prevent new powerful insights and organizational practices from becoming impleme