The principles of the Learning Organisation (Senge)

Senge's five principles for creating a learning organization

- Systems thinking
- Personal mastery
- Mental models
- Building a shared vision
- Team learning

Systems thinking

This is the cornerstone of learning, and it is where an employee is able to look beyond what is just occuring within the business and see change from patterns that are occurring and have occurred

Personal mastery

Involves the people within the business undertaking continual learning or development to continually show improvement and movement towards achieving a goal through training.

Mental models

Team members challenging their ingrained assumptions about the world promoting a culture of openness and trust to move forward and innovate.

Shared Vision

An aspiration shared among all employees that they are genuinely committed to and are not just following orders, this vision empowers employees to want to learn and strive beyond what they would normally do.

Team Learning

Learning through open communication between employees allowing them to build off of each other, sharing knowledge and experiences to openly promote learning.

Positive culture that is developed if Senge's five principles are applied

- Employees feel empowered
- Culture is one of learning, improvement and innovation
- Employees have a sense of purpose and belonginess