Note: Use your own research and the instructional material provided in the unit to learn about key principles of Learning Organization. Through this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge about learning organization, and its five building blocks. You would be expected to evaluate each building block and identify the challenges in implementing them in any organization.

This assignment assesses the following learning outcome:

3.3 Student will be able to examine key principles about Learning Organizations, a contemporary management practice.

Building a learning organization is crucial for success in today's fast-paced and ever-changing business environment. Discuss the five building blocks of a learning organization and how they can be used to identify if an organization is a learning organization or not. Provide examples to support your answer.

Next, select one building block that you believe is the most important to practice first in your organization and explain why you have chosen it. Develop an action plan for implementing this building block in your organization. Finally, discuss the challenges and opportunities you anticipate in implementing this building block in your organization, both in the short and long term.

Submission Instructions

Your essay should be a minimum of 500 words in length and not more than 1000 words. Support your arguments using references from the textbook and instruction materials. Use APA citations and references for any sources used in the essay. Here is a quick link to learn about writing with APA

The structure of your essay must be logical and cohesive. Paragraph sequencing must aid smooth transition of ideas and thoughts. The sentence construct should be brief and to the point. The overall flow of the essay, from the introduction to the conclusion should be seamless to enhance assimilation. If you are new to authoring essays, here is a quick link from LRC (Learning Resource Center) that you can refer: LRC-Essay Writing

Reference

Carpenter, M., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2010). Management principles, v. 1.1. [CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3] https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/management-principles-v1.1/index.html.

This assignment will be assessed by your instructor using the rubric on this assignment page.