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The Fifth Discipline: Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Century Business)
 
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The Fifth Discipline: Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (Century Business) (Paperback)
by Peter M. Senge (Author)
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Product details
  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Business Books; New Ed edition (6 May 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0712656871
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712656870
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 136,568 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Peter Senge, founder of the Centre for Organisational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, experienced an epiphany while meditating one morning back in the fall of 1987. That was the day he first saw the possibilities of a "learning organisation" that used "systems thinking" as the primary tenet of a revolutionary management philosophy. He advanced the concept into this primer, originally released in 1990, written for those interested in integrating his philosophy into their corporate culture.

The Fifth Discipline has turned many readers into true believers; it remains the ideal introduction to Senge's carefully integrated corporate framework, which is structured around "personal mastery", "mental models", "shared vision", and "team learning". Using ideas that originate in fields from science to spirituality, Senge explains why the learning organisation matters, provides an unvarnished summary of his management principals, offers some basic tools for practising it, and shows what it's like to operate under this system. The book's concepts remain stimulating and relevant as ever. --Howard Rothman, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Leading management guru Peter M Senge defines the five business 'disciplines' which together help to build learning organizations. These companies will be the successful ones in the coming decade because of their ability to learn, to absorb new ideas, theories and practices at all employee levels and use them to competitive advantage. Shared vision, teamwork and leverage are the main themes of this book.


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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction of Systems Thinking; I just don't believe, 21 Jun 2000
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Senge definitively is an inspriring writer, and in that sense I did like th Fifth Discipline and the accompanying handbook. If its sole purpose would be to introduce people to looking at what they are doing from a more holistic perspective , I must say, he has succeeded really well. But, in my view, he could have done that in a few chapters in stead of writing two massive books on it. Those books suggest 'control'.

I do see a fundamental flaw, though. Al