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◆ People. ◆ KM. ◆ MIT. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {t} Themes. {t} KM. Peter Senge. Peter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. He is known as the author of the book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990, rev. 2006). Life and career[edit] Peter Senge was born in Stanford, California. He received a B.S. in Aerospace engineering from Stanford University. He is the founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL). He has had a regular meditation practice since 1996 and began meditating with a trip to Tassajara, a Zen Buddhist monastery, before attending Stanford.[3] He recommends meditation or similar forms of contemplative practice.[3][4][5] Work[edit] An engineer by training, Peter was a protégé of John H.

Organization development[edit] According to Senge, there are four challenges in initiating changes. Publications[edit] Peter senge and the learning organization. Contents: introduction · peter senge · the learning organization · systems thinking – the cornerstone of the learning organization · the core disciplines · leading the learning organization · issues and problems · conclusion · further reading and references · links Peter M. Senge (1947- ) was named a ‘Strategist of the Century’ by the Journal of Business Strategy, one of 24 men and women who have ‘had the greatest impact on the way we conduct business today’ (September/October 1999). While he has studied how firms and organizations develop adaptive capabilities for many years at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), it was Peter Senge’s 1990 book The Fifth Discipline that brought him firmly into the limelight and popularized the concept of the ‘learning organization’.

Since its publication, more than a million copies have been sold and in 1997, Harvard Business Review identified it as one of the seminal management books of the past 75 years. Peter Senge The core disciplines. The Fifth Discipline. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Senge 1990) is a book by Peter Senge (a senior lecturer at MIT) focusing on group problem solving using the systems thinking method in order to convert companies into learning organizations. The five disciplines represent approaches (theories and methods) for developing three core learning capabilities: fostering aspiration, developing reflective conversation, and understanding complexity. The Five Disciplines[edit] The five disciplines of what the book refers to as a "learning organization" discussed in the book are: "Personal mastery is a discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively Senge describes extensively the role of what it refers to as "mental models," which he says are integral in order to "focus on the openness needed to unearth shortcomings" in perceptions.

The Learning Disabilities[edit] The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization: Peter M. Senge: 9780385472562: Amazon.com: Books. The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations A Fifth Discipline Resource: Amazon.co.uk: Peter M. Senge, etc.: Books. Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work: Amazon.co.uk: David A. Garvin: Books. Peter Senge - Navigating Webs of Interdependence.