Abstract
The ‘Learning Organisation’ is a concept first described by Peter Senge as an organisation where people continuously learn and enhance their capabilities to create. It consists of five main disciplines: team learning, shared vision, mental models, personal mastery and systems thinking. These disciplines are dynamic and interact with each other. System thinking is the cornerstone of a true learning organisation and is described as the discipline used to implement the disciplines. In a learning organisation, health care education aims to educate its members with up to date knowledge to produce competent and safe personnel, who can promote quality in health care services. In addition, there are some educational concepts and theoretical models, which are of relevance to the learning organisation, and can provide a framework for managerial decisions. The stages required to achieve the principles of a learning organisation will be described in detail. Moreover, in a proper culture which supports the learning organisation, members continuously learn to improve the environment and never remain passive recipients.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/2075-0528.2669
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 7(3), 207-214
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Abri, R. K., & Al-Hashmi, I. S. (2025). The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 7(3), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2669
MLA 9
Al-Abri, Rashid K, and Intisar S. Al-Hashmi. "The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 2025, pp. 207-214. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2669.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Abri, Rashid K, and Intisar S. Al-Hashmi. 2025. "The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 7 (3): 207-214. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2669.
Harvard
Al-Abri, R. K. and Al-Hashmi, I. S. (2025) 'The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 7(3), pp. 207-214. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.2669.
Vancouver
Al-Abri RK, Al-Hashmi IS. The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;7(3):207-214. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.2669
IEEE
R. K. Al-Abri, and I. S. Al-Hashmi, "The Learning Organisation and Health Care Education," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 207-214, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.2669.