title: Organizing to learn: recognizing and cultivating learning communities.
abstract: One of the most effective ways to learn is in a community of people with a shared purpose. Therefore, by recognizing and cultivating the learning communities that arise within most organizational structures, we are actually organizing ourselves to learn. Using stories to inspire the reader to reflect and apply these concepts, the author explores learning communities in a variety of fields, including examples that involve entire organizations, single workgroups, and those that cross organizational boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Founder of Bridge Interactive, Inc., 926 Madison St, Albany, CA 94706, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Doty
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives