Organizational learning in health care

Organizational learning is defined as a process of improving organizational actions through acquiring and developing new knowledge and capabilities. The widely shared mental model in healthcare views learning as a relatively structured activity undertaken by individual participants a they prepare to...

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Published in:Health Forum Journal 2001-03, Vol.44 (2), p.32-35
Main Authors: Bohmer, R M, Edmondson, A C
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Clinical medicine
Corporate culture
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Education, Continuing
Health administration
Health care delivery
Health care industry
Heart surgery
Hospital Administration
Hospitals
Humans
Hypotheses
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning
Medical technology
Operations management
Organizational change
Organizational Culture
Organizational learning
Pharmaceutical industry
Physicians
Professional Competence
Skills
Staff Development
Teams
Thoracic surgery
United States
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Summary:Organizational learning is defined as a process of improving organizational actions through acquiring and developing new knowledge and capabilities. The widely shared mental model in healthcare views learning as a relatively structured activity undertaken by individual participants a they prepare to enter independent practice and, later, as they maintain and update their clinical skills. In this model, learning is a linear, individual, and monotypic activity. Learning in health care delivery organizations should be viewed as cyclical rather than linear, multilevel rather than individual and dualistic rather than monotypic. Not only ides this alternative model better reflect certain aspects of actual practice, but wider acceptance of it may facilitate ongoing improvement efforts.
ISSN:1527-3547