Make Dentistry a Learning Organization

A learning organization is analagous to a colonial organism- it has specialized parts with specialized functions.

Each part has responsibilities for "intelligence gathering", which it reports back to the whole for strategic or survival purposes.

A learning organization continually questions and challenges its own ethos.

A learning organization in the business world is one that places high value on its view of the outside world-its "strategic vision".

Information that either confirms or conflicts with the strategic vision is constantly aquired; assessed for truth, validity, and applicability; and used to modify the present strategic vision if indicated.

A learning organization understands that change is constant, inevitable, and often desirable.

Backed with a shared organizational vision of the outside world, a learning organization knows when and where to pick its fights.

A learning organization has a shared vision of its internal and external marketplaces.

A learning organization must be governed by people who are trained leaders, who are continuously educating themselves in personal and organizational growth matters. Each and every position, at each and every level, is important, and no person may just "fill a vacancy".

A learning organization recognizes that it "doesn't know what it doesn't know", and seeks and welcomes the vision of outside resources to help it expand its understanding and its influence.

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Last update 4/20/97