2. FIVE DISCIPLINES TO LEARNING
ORGANIZATIONS
1.Systems Thinking
2.Personal Mastery
3.Mental Models
4.Building Shared Vision
5.Team Learning
3. SYSTEM THINKING
a conceptual framework established to
make full patterns easier to see and
assist us to see and understand how to
change things effectively and with the
least amount of effort (Senge 1990, 11).
4. PERSONAL MASTERY
the discipline of clarifying and
deepening our own personal vision.
It goes beyond spiritual growth.
According to Senge it is a calling
(Senge 1990, 11).
5. MENTAL MODELS
these are deeply rooted
assumptions, generalizations or
images that influence how we see the
world (Senge 1990, 12).
6. BUILDING SHARED VISIONS
involves the skills of uncovering the
shared vision of the future (Senge
1990, 12).
7. TEAM BUILDING
states that learning begins with
dialogue. Senge states that
dialogue differs from discussion.
Team building depends on teams
thinking and learning together
(Senge 1990, 13).
8. My Definition of Leadership by Peter Senge
Meet Peter Senge
Are Great Leaders Born or Made? by Peter Senge
9. REFERENCES
Rheem, Helen. Mar/Apr. 1995. The Learning
Organization. Harvard Business
Review, Vol.73, No.2, page 10
Senge, Peter. 1990. The Fifth Discipline: the Art
and Practice of the Learning Organization. New
York: Doubleday.
Smith, M. K. 2001. 'Peter Senge and the learning
organization', the encyclopedia of informal
education. Retrieved 11/5/12 from
www.infed.org/thinkers/senge.htm.
