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The University as Learning Organization:
Some Practical Approaches

Twenty-first century universities that succeed will have to be lean, flexible, and nimble. In the corporate world, businesses are becoming learning organizations in order to survive and prosper. It is quite ironic that the university - the quintessential teaching organizations - does not know how to learn. Establishing a paradigm of knowledge sharing and continuous growth through lifelong learning is not easy even, or perhaps especially, in academe. This paper posits that it is necessary for the modern university to become a learning organization, and provides several mechanisms for implementing this transformation.

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