Learning Organization Survey
| 2010 | | United World School of Business
Chandni ShahaniSowmya Nair |
[Learning organization survey] | To understand how much the organization is a learning organization. |
Executive summary
This research project analyzed 8 variables in United World School of Business to determine whether the organization is a learning organization or not. The problem was that the United World School of Business leadership did not understand the components of a learning organization and whether the executives had any relationship to the success or failure in the organization for cultivating a learning organization.
The purpose of this research project was to determine the components of a successful learning organization and to cultivate a learning organization.
The Descriptive Research Method was used to analyze existing conditions in selected executives in the United World School of Business
The following questions were gist of the survey:
1. What was a learning organization?
2. Which employees considered that they worked in a learning organization?
The procedures involved administering a Learning Organization Assessment Survey and a Leadership Profile Survey and then comparing the results to determine their success at promoting and maintaining a learning organization.
The results indicated the executives were balanced in leadership, behaviors, and characteristics.
Recommendations based on this study and its findings are: * A desired outcome statement be created that addresses the commitment on the part of leadership to create a learning organization, * Conduct an organizational-wide Learning Organization Assessment, * Determine deficiencies in learning organization leadership training, * Shift the focus of leadership training for executives and mid-management level employees from interpersonal leadership skills training to managerial and organizational leadership training, and * Establish transactional leadership traits and
Chandni ShahaniSowmya Nair |
[Learning organization survey] | To understand how much the organization is a learning organization. |
Executive summary
This research project analyzed 8 variables in United World School of Business to determine whether the organization is a learning organization or not. The problem was that the United World School of Business leadership did not understand the components of a learning organization and whether the executives had any relationship to the success or failure in the organization for cultivating a learning organization.
The purpose of this research project was to determine the components of a successful learning organization and to cultivate a learning organization.
The Descriptive Research Method was used to analyze existing conditions in selected executives in the United World School of Business
The following questions were gist of the survey:
1. What was a learning organization?
2. Which employees considered that they worked in a learning organization?
The procedures involved administering a Learning Organization Assessment Survey and a Leadership Profile Survey and then comparing the results to determine their success at promoting and maintaining a learning organization.
The results indicated the executives were balanced in leadership, behaviors, and characteristics.
Recommendations based on this study and its findings are: * A desired outcome statement be created that addresses the commitment on the part of leadership to create a learning organization, * Conduct an organizational-wide Learning Organization Assessment, * Determine deficiencies in learning organization leadership training, * Shift the focus of leadership training for executives and mid-management level employees from interpersonal leadership skills training to managerial and organizational leadership training, and * Establish transactional leadership traits and
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