Developing A Learning Organisation Case Study

Developing a learning Organisation has its advantages,

- The company not only gets to modify its behaviour to suit the requirements of the changing environment but it can also keep ahead of the competition by introducing innovative products and services.
- Learning organisations are better equipped to retain employees as they provide opportunities for growth and development.
- These organisations not only provide an opportunity to learn, they also do away with the outdated bureaucratic procedures, and outdated ways of thinking, and this helps them come up with innovative solutions when compared to their competitors.
- Learning within the organisation is critical to business and increases the value of the business like it did for GE. During
UNLEARNING: Unlearning is important because it helps let go of our perceptions and also helps one step outside their perceptions to stand apart from the worldview. It opens up a new world and helps interpret and learn about the world.

Unlearning is also considered to be a process and not just a specific action, it also has a series of actions or steps to be taken to make a particular end. The end of the unlearning process leads to targeted results. This result is the avoidance of negative possible impact of obsolete aspects in the organisation.

The human brain is the biggest obstacle to unlearning as it is conditioned to work on patterns from the past and build on existing thoughts. Unlearning places people in new and unfamiliar situations, creates ambiguity and brings a feeling of loss of control and insecurity but that is the time to make the transition to the new and let go of past experiences and transactions that led to it. For example: Wipro, a global leader in information technology is known for some of its best practices in IT delivery and in managing Human Resource. Wipro has over the years retained its core philosophy of doing business but has with the changing times been able to unlearn and abandon many practices, systems and methods and sustain a competitive
- Group level: Unlearning takes place through interaction in groups/ teams and some attributes of groups have impact on unlearning

For organisations mired in years of process and practices, it may be difficult to leave behind those practices and adopt new ones or look at new ways of learning or forming new perceptions. But those organisations which abandon their past practices and adopt new ones grow at a faster rate and also are able to counter competition better. Unlearning disturbs the existing state and brings disruptive new