Ford and "Learning Organization"

For the past years the learning “learning organization” concept has been increasingly influential as a way of examining and prescribing how organizations might respond to contemporary economic and social conditions. Organizations must continually be able to learn and adapt in order to survive and prosper. For this reason, Ford implemented the “learning organization” concept. Three important changes are needed to promote learning; Team-based structure, Employee Empowerment, and open information. The three characteristics are described as fallows for the “learn...