Change Reflective Paper

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Reflective Paper The capacity to continually learn and adapt is essential to the success of organizations in today's rapidly changing world (White, 2005). Through research for this assignment I am going to answer the question, “Is being a learning organization an advantage that will set you apart from the competition?” The Business Dictionary defines a learning organization is an organization that acquires knowledge and innovated fast enough to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing environment. Learning organizations (1) create a culture that encourages and supports continuous employee learning, critical thinking, and risk taking with new ideas, (2) allow mistakes, and value employee contributions, (3) learn from experience and experiment, and (4) disseminate the new knowledge through the organization for incorporation into day-to-day activities (Business Dictionary, n.d.). These are five characteristics of a learning organization that I agree with by Sree Rao (2008) because my company has these same characteristics. 1. There exists a shared vision, which everyone agrees on – Everyone had to learn the vision statement of the organization. During our weekly staff meetings we reinforce those visions by completing exercises about the vision. 2. People discard their old ways of thinking and the standard routines they use for solving problems or doing their jobs – Innovation and change is important to the success of any organization. Through change management we constantly develop new routines to keep in front of the competition in the industry. As a result of this the staff is usually very good and not sticking with the standard way of doing things. 3. Members think of all organizational processes, activities, functions, and interactions with the environment as part of a system of interrelationships – The Company I work for has a diverse selection of
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