Can universities become true learning organizations?
Judith White
(School of Business, University of Redlands, Redlands, California, USA)
Rita Weathersby
(Department of Management, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA)
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Abstract
Purpose
Aims to assess whether a university can become a true learning organization.
Design/methodology/approach
Focuses on the need for, and challenges of, transforming universities into true learning organizations.
Findings
Observes that few of the underlying values that serve as the underpinnings of the learning organizations are actually honored in universities.
Originality/value
Offers some possible avenues to help transform universities toward becoming learning organizations.
Keywords
Citation
White, J. and Weathersby, R. (2005), "Can universities become true learning organizations?", The Learning Organization, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 292-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696470510592539
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited