Ch. 4 Peter Senge's Learning Organization

I think it is interesting that Peter has seperated organizations into two groups, learning organizations and organizations that have a learning disability. Learning organizations exhibit five features systems thinking, personal mastery, flexible mental models, a shared vision, and team learning.

I think the organization I work for does exhibit some of those traits. The VA has a very strong sense of a shared vision. The VA's vision is help hospitalized veterans and I believe everyone who works at the VA shares that vision. I also think the VA has a strong personal mastery which is all members share a personal commitment to learning and self-reflection. After working at the VA for a year I have witness the dedication of it's employees and the commitment of learning new things.