Group 1: Continuous Learning Organizations

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Group 1 Continuous Learning Organizations

• How do you define a continuous learning
  organization?
• Creating a culture in the organization to engage
  employees through learning by adequate means
  (such as social interactions) to transfer
  knowledge in order to accomplish the
  organizations missions and goals.

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Group 1 Continuous Learning Organizations

• How do you define a continuous learning
  organization?
• Organizations must change
• They must keep questioning its strategies and
  policies to show a spirit of openness
• Must allow its people to grow encourage people
  to exchange ideas

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Group 1 Continuous Learning Organizations

• How do you define a continuous learning
  organization?
• They must engage in the process of
  experimentation and taking risks
• This process should involve all levels of the
  organization
• Learning is more than formal learning but
  includes a change in behavior

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Benefits of a Continuous Learning Organization

• Helps to retain employees who are eager to learn
• Attracts the new generation of workers by
  creating a favorable environment allowing high
  job satisfaction and higher performance

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What are your organizations doing?

• Need a clear idea of strategic plans and goals to
  create a development plan
• Some organizations are
• Training
• Orientation programs
• Job rotation
• Tuition reimbursement programs
• Conferences, symposiums seminars
• Mentoring

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What are your organizations doing?

• The culture of sharing information and
  performance appraisals are tools to achieve the
  goal of a continuous learning organization

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Barriers

• Must have leadership support for a transfer of
  knowledge and a conducive environment
• Resistance to change
• Cost cutting may result in reduced opportunities
  for training and staff shortages (no one to fill
  in)

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Barriers

• Managers might look at short term instead of the
  long term benefits of a well-trained staff

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Mentoring

• Programs are very useful however they should not
  be misused. They should be well-organized with a
  trained mentor and a good structure.