Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization, marketed the idea of the “learning organization” and the concept that businesses should function as a set of connected systems within an ongoing learning environment (1990). Knowledge came from all people within the company, and everyone contributed, continuously. By following the five basic disciplines of “shared vision, mental models, personal mastery, team learning, and systems thinking” (Senge, 1990), Google can learn to understand the company’s changing environment. The disciplines can also be applied to help Google see what events could be influencing the changes and how the company and particularly, its employees can adapt to that change (Senge,
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Sensitivity helps the company grow and learn from the decisions it makes. Self-awareness eventually leads to an understanding of others and this awareness of others broadens into an understanding of the subtlety of change. Building “personal mastery” will allow Google’s employees to recognize upcoming events that could be influenced by change. These events could then be identified and examined in the future, allowing Google to adapt more quickly. Next, Senge’s discipline of “team learning,” which enables teams to reflect on their experiences and develop skills that allow them to gain insight will permit Google to learn from past experiences. “Team learning” will enhance the understanding of the changing environment, aid in assessing events that cause change, and develop adaptation to change by allowing employees to reflect on what happened and why it may have happened (as cited in Smith, …show more content…
This understanding would help Google learn to adapt to changes by creating an awareness of the complexities of interwoven interactions. By using Peter Senge’s five disciplines, Google and its employees could learn to embrace continuous learning, and this would help them prepare for the changing environment, develop the ability to assess influences of change, and hone the capability to adapt to those changes.
References
Argenti, P.A (2017). Corporate communication 6th Ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Publication.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization: New York. Doubleday.
Smith, M.K. (2001). Peter Senge and the learning organization, the encyclopedia of informal education. Infed. Retrieved from:
Sensitivity helps the company grow and learn from the decisions it makes. Self-awareness eventually leads to an understanding of others and this awareness of others broadens into an understanding of the subtlety of change. Building “personal mastery” will allow Google’s employees to recognize upcoming events that could be influenced by change. These events could then be identified and examined in the future, allowing Google to adapt more quickly. Next, Senge’s discipline of “team learning,” which enables teams to reflect on their experiences and develop skills that allow them to gain insight will permit Google to learn from past experiences. “Team learning” will enhance the understanding of the changing environment, aid in assessing events that cause change, and develop adaptation to change by allowing employees to reflect on what happened and why it may have happened (as cited in Smith, …show more content…
This understanding would help Google learn to adapt to changes by creating an awareness of the complexities of interwoven interactions. By using Peter Senge’s five disciplines, Google and its employees could learn to embrace continuous learning, and this would help them prepare for the changing environment, develop the ability to assess influences of change, and hone the capability to adapt to those changes.
References
Argenti, P.A (2017). Corporate communication 6th Ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Publication.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization: New York. Doubleday.
Smith, M.K. (2001). Peter Senge and the learning organization, the encyclopedia of informal education. Infed. Retrieved from: