Discussion Questions

1. Is the concept of a learning organization anything more than rhetoric? If so, why is it so hard for organization to prove or document that they are indeed a learning organization?
2. How would we know when we have achieved in becoming a learning organization?
3. The current emotional climate within the library affects organizational dynamics and productivity, such as idea-generation, creativity, motivation, adaptability to change, and the facilitation or inhibition of developing a learning organization. What is the library’s current emotional state, and do you think it will impair the forward momentum of developing a learning organization?
4. How do we make the process and concept of a learning organization contagious?
5. What are the crucial concepts that we should capture to put in the Learning Organization Project Team’s charge? What is their goal?
6. What are your thoughts about what Pam Brown said about learning organizations?