The Army as a Learning Organization

Abstract

Currently, the Army's conception of a learning organization is one in which people learn. The purpose of this essay is to argue that being a learning organization involves much more. I argue that although the Army is clearly on the right course in its goal to become a learning organization, at the end of the day the Army is not a learning organization, and more importantly, doesn't know what one looks like or how to get there. This paper describes a learning organization in detail and then, based on the organizational change and culture literature, offers a way that the Army can transition to a learning organization using the Army leader development model and the Officer Evaluation Report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404754

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Gerras

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Case Studies
  • Cognition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Overload
  • Information Processing
  • New York
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Physical Fitness
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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