Lifelong Learning and the Learning Organization

The idea of a “learning organization” originated in the world of business, and spread from there across education and training, religion, government and non-government sectors, national and international. Although yet to become closely interrelated with the idea of lifelong learning, organizational learning and learning organizations provide potentially some of the most supportive contexts and value systems for lifelong learning. Just as lifelong learning is a condition for the well-being of the individual, organizational learning has become recognized as a condition for the continuing life and vitality of the organization, in who se interest it is to promote the continuing open-ended learning of its members. A strong implication is that the continuing life of the organization depends on the lifelong learning of its members. A corollary is that to the extent that individuals spend their lives working and living within organizations, the lifelong learning of individuals is dependent on organizations creating and sustaining a culture of learning — one of the feature s of a learning organization.

一个“学习组织”的想法起源于业务世界，并从那里传播到教育和培训，政府和非政府部门，尽管尚未与终身学习和学习组织的终生学习，但与终身学习相关。个人的学习已成为组织的持续生活和活力的条件，在这些状态下，它促进对成员的持续开放式学习，这是组织的持续生活。组织创造和维持学习文化 - 学习组织的特征之一。