Peter Michael Senge was the Director of the Center for Organizational Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is presently (2005) on the faculty at MIT. He is the founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL). Senge emerged in the 1990s as a major figure in organizational development with his book The Fifth Discipline where he developed the notion of a learning organization. This views organizations as dynamical systems (as defined in Systemics) in a state of continuous adaptation and improvement . The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the worlds leading business schools, conducting research and teaching in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic management, economics, organizational behavior, operations management, supply chain... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... The Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) is an organization founded in 1997 by Peter Senge. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The field of organization development (OD) has had several definitions. ... Peter Senge defined a learning organization as human beings cooperating in dynamical systems (as defined in systemics) that are in a state of continuous adaptation and improvement. ... Systems is an annual information and telecommunications trade fair in Munich, Bavaria, Germany Categories: | | ... Systems theory or general systems theory or systemics is an interdisciplinary field which studies systems as a whole. ...

An engineer by training, Peter was a protoge' of Jay Wright Forrester and has followed closely the works of Chris Argyris and Robert Fritz and based his books on pioneering works with the five disciplines in Ford, Chrysler, Shell, AT&T, Hannover Insurance, Harley-Davidson since the 70s and 80s through today. Jay Wright Forrester (born 14 July 1918 Climax, Nebraska) is an American pioneer of computer engineering. ... Chris Argyris (born July 16, 1923) is more commonly known for seminal work in the area of Learning Organizations which was later developed in the best selling The Fifth Discipline by Peter M. Senge. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after General Motors and Toyota, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ... Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company (oil major) of British and Dutch origins. ... AT&T Inc. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

Senge initially earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Senge also studied philosophy. He later earned an S.M. from MIT in 1972. He also earned a Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1978. [1] ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the worlds leading business schools, conducting research and teaching in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic management, economics, organizational behavior, operations management, supply chain...

References

>Senge, P. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization, Doubleday, New York, 1990. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization 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. ...

• Peter Senge et al (1994) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
• Peter Senge et al (1999). The Dance of Change
• Peter Senge et al. (2005) *Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society. (This is a worldwide release of *Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future", published in 2004.)

See also

• Organizational learning
• Systems thinking
• Strategy dynamics
• Strategic management
• The Fifth Discipline

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