BMP6004: Organizational Learning vs. Learning Organization Analysis

This report critically analyzes the differences between organizational learning and a learning organization, using Tesco as a case study. It begins by defining organizational learning as the process of knowledge transfer and improvement within a company, contrasting it with a learning organization that actively acquires, transforms, and applies knowledge to enhance performance. The report delves into key concepts such as neo-classical learning theory and espoused theory, explaining how these frameworks influence organizational behavior and learning processes. It explores the importance of organizational learning in fostering employee development and achieving competitive advantages, while also acknowledging potential drawbacks. Furthermore, the report examines different types of learning within an organization, including single-loop and double-loop learning, to illustrate how companies adapt and improve their strategies. The analysis highlights the practical implications for businesses and provides a comprehensive understanding of how these two concepts influence organizational growth and effectiveness.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Critically analyse the difference between organisational learning and a learning organisation. 1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Organisational learning is the process of transferring information, process, creating
process and knowledge within the organisation (Collins, 2019). It refer to the various activities
that company done in order to improve its performance and growth in the market. From the
appropriate experience company able to create knowledge. Learning organisation is an
organisation that is skilled at creating, transforming, acquiring knowledge and also modifying its
behaviour to reflect new knowledge and insights. These ideas are developed for the better
improvement of organisation. This report is based on Tesco, company is British multinational
general and groceries retailer. Its headquarter is in Welwyn Garden city, England. Company is
third largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues. Company was founded in 1919 by
jack Cohen as a group of market stalls in Hackney, London. This report include information
about various importance of organisational learning and development, also it include various
learning development theories, practices, and modules. Also the main purpose of this report is to
critically analyse the difference between organisational learning and learning organisation.
MAIN BODY
Critically analyse the difference between organisational learning and a learning organisation.
Organisational learning refer to the process that involve various actions through which
company can enhance its learning process and growth in the market(Dasoo,and Van der Merwe
Muller, 2020). Whereas learning organisation is the firm that purposefully construct structure of
the organisation and strategy that support the maximisation of growth and improvement the
performance of business. Below is detail explanation of organisational learning and learning
organisation:
Organisational learning:
It is the most important aspect of the business that helps in better improvement and
growth of the company in the market. This include retention, creation, and transfer of knowledge
within the organisation, it helps to increase the strength of the business and ensure the
effectiveness in the business aspects. It explain that as business gain experience it should
improve in most effective manner. This helps the organisation to create broad range of
knowledge and experience that can help them to gain competitive advantages. Organisational
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learning helps organisation to gain better knowledge and experience so that it can enhance
proficiency and improvement in the current scenario. In the context of Tesco, company can gain
advantages by increasing the level of effectiveness in the market and its growth in the business.
The managers of the respective company ensure that they provide appropriate knowledge to their
employees and staff members so that they can gain effectiveness and growth in the market.
Organisational learning process in Tesco helps its employees and staff members to increase
efficiency of productivity. Also organisation learning can impact the growth of company because
of the learning process may impact the process and growth of the business in the market.
Organisation learning can enhance betterment in the market and encourage employees for better
growth and proficiency. Below is organisation learning theory is explained in order to gain better
insight about the organisational growth in learning process.
Neo classical learning theory:
It is an approach that is expansive and diverse field which can influence the behaviour of
the individual(Dochy,and Segers, 2018). This theory also known as human relation theory, this
theory explain that while organising organisational structure company should consider the
behaviour of the employee work there. This theory helps to understand about the various
problems that human are facing at their work place and how it has an impact on their learning
process. It require special set skills and talent that helps in better growth and achievement of
growth and objectives in the business. Neo theory can helps the leaders of the organisation to
analyse various issues in the business and increase the level of effectiveness. It helps them
enhance the level of learning process in the business and its effectiveness in the market. This
approach of the organisation learning provide better insight about the growth and level of
effective learning in the business.
Importance of organisation learning:
Organisation learning play vital role in the success and improvement in the process of the
business. It also assist organisation towards the better development of the organisational culture
that can helps employees to enhance their productivity and growth in the market(Jain, and Dutta,
2019). It also increase employee job satisfaction so that they can retain with the organisation for
the long term and increase its growth in the market. It helps the business and its leaders to
develop better and enhance their skills so that effective productivity can be achieved and
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organisation can increase efficiency in the market. In the context of Tesco, company can enhance
its performance in the market by increasing the level of organisation learning in the business. It
can helps the business of Tesco to gain better competitive advantages and growth in the market.
With the growth in the Tesco company also gain experience that helped them to enhance the
level of growth in the market and increase the level of efficiency. Also company can create
environment that support the learning process of all the employee and manager so that they can
enhance their skills and talents in the business. However, in organisation learning the higher
level of staff members can feel peers controls over them and it could impact their performance at
the business. Also organisation learning can increase distraction in the work environment that
could impact the level of effectiveness in the productivity of the employees and increase its
growth in the market.
Thus, organisational learning can helps the business to gain effective performance and
increase in the efficiency so that it can helps the employees of the company in the better growth
and learning process. Also there are various disadvantages of organisation learning that could
impact the business and its effectiveness, such as employees feel pressure over the learning
programs in the organisation. Also it could be an cost effective process that can impact the level
of operating cost and expenses. These impact of organisation learning can impact the business
and its effectiveness in the market. Company can deal with threat by making effective strategy in
the business.
Learning organisation:
Learning organisation refer to the various activities that company perform in order to
provide learning to its members and continuously transform itself. It has capacity to learn on
continuous basis so that business can enhance its performance in the market and increase the
level of effectiveness(Lambert, 2018). In learning organisation employee continuously work on
the improvement in the learning process by expanding their capacity to create the result they
want within the work place. In learning organisation new and expensive patterns of the thinking
is nurtured and where people are continuously learn and see whole result together. Learning
organisation set their vision of change and increase in the efficiency so that business can gain
competitive advantages and grow in the market. Also company focus on the effectiveness in the
itself so that they can provide better learning environment to the employees and enhance the
proficiency of their productivity of business.
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In the context of Tesco, company focus on the effectiveness and growth of their
employees in order to provide growth to them and increase the level of effectiveness in the
market. Company provide proper training session to the employee so that their growth in the
organisation can be ensured and it can provide benefit to both company and employees in the
business. Effective learning process can improve the level of growth in the market. Also the
company involve the employees in the learning process so that company can know about all the
issues and problems of the employees in order to provide them better growth and proficiency by
the learning and training programs(Linder, 2019). Learning organization can enhance their
proficiency by analysing the productivity of the employees and provide them proper guidance
and training according to their performance in the market. Learning organisation can evaluate the
basis of various factors that can increase the level of effectiveness in the business. Below are
various theories that can helps the business in better growth and effectiveness.
Espoused Theory:
This theory refer to the formalize part of the organisation, that assist them towards the
insight about the growth in employee performance and efficiency(Mu, and Fosnacht, 2019).
Espoused explain that every firm has instruction in which employee conduct them sleeves in
order to complete their job rolls. These instruction is often narrow to follow by the employees
and in the focus the individual to set a path that can lead them towards the growth and betterment
within the business areas. This theory is used to make things done by the employees and increase
their growth in the market. This theory is rely on the instruction that helps in brainstorming and
problem solving in the business.
This theory is also used to analysing the way employee solve the problems and increase
the effectiveness in the productivity(Nussenbaum, and Hartley, 2019). Employee might use
various tools in problem solving of that they can enhance the level of effectiveness of the
organisation and help to learn better with essential for the better growth. In the context of Tesco,
company can use this theory for the better growth and enhancement of employee performance
within the market. Also this theory can helps the company to analyse the problem solving skills
within the business also they can increase the effectiveness of the business so that it can enhance
group performance. Below are three types of learning organisation is explained that can helps in
proficiency of the company performance.
The three types of learning:
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Single loop learning: This type of the learning process consist with the one loop when
the strategy is modified in the response of unexpected results. In this the managers of the Tesco
track the record of sell when it down and inquire the cause of the down sell and analyse the
strategy that can helps them to bring the sale back to the track(Oyston,ed., 2018). This process of
analysing sell helps in better achievement of organisational objectives and growth in the market.
This loop process continuous according to the situation faced by the business in the market and it
helps to enhance the level of sell in the market. Thus, single loop process of learning occurs with
the problem and complete with the appropriate strategy or solution of those problems.
Double loop learning: Learning that result the change in the business is explained in this
theory. Company create values, strategies, and assumptions that assist the actions are changed to
create or provide more effective environment in the business. Managers of Tesco, can double
think about the sale and production process so that they can avoid the fluctuation in the future.
This can helps the managers to increase the effectiveness in the business and growth sale of
product and services in order to gain better growth in the market. Thus, double loop learning can
helps the business to avoid threat of down sale in the future and increase the level of production
and growth of the business.
Deteriorating: In this learning is improving the learning system itself, it composed from
the structure and the behaviour components which determined how should learning take place in
the business. This style of learning determine with how business can impact process and growth
of their business in the market.
Difference between organisation learning and learning organisation:
Basis Organisation learning Learning organisation
Focus This is the process of learning that
organisation follow for the better
outcomes and growth. In this business
follow various aspect of the market that
helps in better growth and protection of
learning process within the
business(Syakur, and Sabat, 2020). The
main focus of the organisation is on the
providing training to the employees so
In this organisation itself follow the
learning process from the experience
and growth in the market. This can
helps the business and its effectiveness
in the market. It helps the employee in
better future growth and level of
proficiency in the market. The main
focus of the organisation is on the
effectiveness of learning process and its
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that they can learn in effective manner
and increase the level of effectiveness
in their performance.
growth in the market.
Approach In this company follow descriptive
approach that helps them to provide
effective training to the employees and
increase the level of efficiency. This
helps the employee to gain better
insight about the growth and knowledge
within the organisation. Also this
increase the level of efficiency of
productivity by the proper training.
In this business follow normative
approach in the business. This helps in
better growth and proficiency in the
market. It is value based approach that
increase the effectiveness in the
market. In this company provide better
learning environment in the business or
workplace so that organisation can
become learning organisation.
Aim The main aim of this organisation
learning is to provide knowledge and
information to the employee in order to
provide better theory building.
The main aim of learning organisation
is to provide better performance to the
organisation and also increase
performance of organisation itself.
Existence Organisation learning naturally exists in
the business by the learning
environment and experience of the
business and its growth in market.
In learning organisation there is an
need of actively participate in the
business and increase the level of
efficiency.
Key
question
In this company focus on how does
organisation learn and gain
effectiveness.
In this company focus on how should
organisation learn in order to gain
effective performance in the
business(Winstone, and Boud, 2019).
Target
group
The target group of the company in this
is employees and staff members.
The target group in this company focus
on the make the organisation learning
organisation rather than focusing on the
employees and staff members.
Result of Change in the behaviour of the Change in the existing environment of
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learning individuals is refer to the result of
learning process.
learning can explain the result of the
learning process.
Learning
performanc
e relation
In this relation could be develop
negatively or positively.
In this learning performance relation is
expected to be positive so that effective
out comes can be achieved.
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CONCLUSION
From the above information it can be conclude that organisation learning and learning
organisation is different aspect of the business that work for the effectiveness in the growth of
business and increase the efficiency in the productivity of the employees. Different theories and
models of the learning helps in better growth and profitability of the business in the market.
There are various types of the learning process that helps the employees and managers of the
business to enhance the learning and growth of the business. Learning environment in the
business can help in better growth and effectiveness of the business in the market. Organisation
learning and learning organisation is tow different aspect of the business that helps in better
growth and proficiency in within the organisation. Organisational learning and learning
organisation to increase the level of learning process in the business and increase the growth.
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