Difference between Organisational Learning and Learning Organisation

Critically evaluate the
difference between
organisational learning and a
learning organisation

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
An Explanation of organizational learning..................................................................................3
An explanation of learning organisation......................................................................................5
Difference between organisational learning and a learning organization....................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
In organisation learning and development is the essential that provides various competitive
advantages to business. As organisation provides various training to their employees to enhance
their learning, skills and capabilities as well as development opportunities to attain all
organisational goals and objectives in efficient manner. As the report covers concept of
organisational learning and learning organisation. organisational learning is defined as the
learning which is depends upon the directions and corrections (Altınay, 2017). In this report the
chosen organisation is Tesco that is British multinational organisation founded in 1919 by Jack
Cohen headquarter is situated in London, England, UK. It is the reactive approach that is related
to finding solutions to compile changes in organisation properly. Concepts are included in
organisational change such as information distribution, information interpretation and
organisational memories. On the other hand, learning organisation is described as the process
improving employee skills, capacity and competencies in organisation through sharing
knowledge and building capacity. Apart from that difference between organisational learning and
learning organisation in mentioned in this project report.
TASK
An Explanation of organizational learning
Organisational learning: Organisational learning is described as the procedure that includes
various activities such as creating, conversing as well as transferring the knowledge at all
hierarchical level of organisation. Organisational learning is an approach that is related to
improving organisation by gaining experience and use the experience to develop knowledge and
then the knowledge is being transferred in whole organisation to accomplish all objectives in
well-defined manner. Organisation encourages the exchanging of various information and
understanding between organisational employees for the purpose of creating perceptive
workforce (Bozer and Jones, 2018). The organisational learning is the multidisciplinary approach
that contains various fields such as psychology, management and sociology. It is the process of
executing the knowledge to attain organisational defined goals and objectives and develop
learning from the performance.

Basically, organisational learning is defined as the activity of an organisation to achieve
vision, missions as well as enhance understanding and knowledge form experience through
analysing, experimenting, observing and develop a willingness to evaluate the success and
failure of organisation. As there are various changes are happened in business situations, social,
environmental, political and economic factors that affect the organisation performance so, the
requirement of learning is enhances in diversify areas of organisation.
Types of organisational learning:
Double loop learning: Double loop learning is defined as the learning the lead the
organisation creates changes in theory that are use in till date. Respective organisation analyse
the error and implement the correction than change whole strategies and assumptions in order to
develop effective and productive environment (Cohen, Dalton and Harp, 2017). In this process,
senior organisational authorities change the process of particular organisational department for
reducing any fluctuation in future course of action.
Single-loop learning: In this organisational learning, organisation is being connected to
error correction. There is single feedback loop is existed when all undesired and unexpected
results are lead the process of modification in organisational strategies. Tesco find the cause and
execute modification accordingly for the purpose of rectified the error.
Deuterolearning: This learning includes the process of improving the system itself.
There are various structural as well as behavioural components are included that emphasis on the
process of learning. Tesco improves organisational learning process properly.
Community of organisational learning: As Tesco gain the knowledge and enhance
understanding by its relative communities of learning that are mentioned below:
Individual learning: In this learning community, only single member is included and the
individual learn different skills, capabilities as well as enhance own performance, productivity
and efficiency level to attain defined set of objectives (Derous, and Ryan, 2019). Tesco
encourage employees to share their skills and competencies with rest of employees for the
purpose of enhancing organisational proficiency. It creates the effective working environment at
work place that facilitates to achieve objectives.
Group learning: Group learning the largest community of organisational learning in
which organisational group members are encouraged to develop various new skills with each
other. In this action all group members are involved equally and take various actions, gather