Learning Organization

A learning organization is a concept in management theory describing a company that actively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge, and continuously modifies its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insight. The idea was popularized by Peter Senge in his 1990 book The Fifth Discipline, which identified five disciplines, including systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning, that Senge argued organizations must cultivate to sustain the capacity to learn and adapt over time. The concept has been influential in organizational development, encouraging companies to treat continuous learning and adaptability as a deliberate strategic capability rather than an incidental byproduct of operations.