Senge's best-selling The Fifth Discipline led Business Week to dub him the "new guru" of the corporate world; here he offers executives a step-by-step guide to building "learning organizations" of their own.
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"The companion to The Fifth Discipline - the parent book lays out the principles and provides some examples, and this work goes further in helping readers put the concepts to practical use. Highly recommended for anyone who is working to improve the functioning of any human system. "
— James (5 out of 5 stars)
" Helpful in bringing the concepts in The Fifth Discipline down to a practioner level. I return to it repeatedly. "
— JoAnn, 12/11/2013" If you are a manager, keep it close to you, come very handy often "
— Ks, 11/27/2013" Textbook that I read in University. Long and complicated. Not very practical. "
— Susan, 10/31/2013" Read SEP 2000 "
— Stephen, 9/24/2013" Practical outworking of the Fifth Discipline. This will help you to be a systems thinker, and there is a great chance that you need to think more systems than you are. I know I do. "
— Steve, 9/6/2013" Read parts of this book for college course I edited... "
— Laura, 8/25/2013" The de Facto standard for setting up and establishing a learning organization. "
— Michael, 6/25/2013" My copy is highlighted, dog-eared and post-it noted. Used it as a text and some of my former students have told me they still use it as a reference also. Probably the most useful book on management I've ever read. "
— Linda, 9/17/2012" I have not read this word for word... but that's not what this book is about... it's about findong practical appliocations for Senge's theories in ANY organization "
— Wayne, 7/5/2012" Important companion workbook to the text. "
— Joan, 6/15/2012" The companion to The Fifth Discipline - the parent book lays out the principles and provides some examples, and this work goes further in helping readers put the concepts to practical use. Highly recommended for anyone who is working to improve the functioning of any human system. "
— James, 4/13/2012" Great resource "
— Suzy, 2/10/2012" Excellent book, not an easy read but push through and there is much to be gained "
— Bruce, 8/4/2011" A must for every educator. I have read this a hundred times and it is filled with dog ears, highlights and post-its for reference. "
— Ken, 7/11/2011" Good ideas to implement in your company "
— Sabrina, 6/21/2011" Methods on cultivating and sustaining a "learning" organization. In my opinion, it's more of a resource that you absorb over time rather than in a short period. "
— Christine, 6/11/2011" I storngly recommend this book to all HR and OD prationers. Such a useful book. Talks about tools and techniques that we can use while working on developing and building organizations. I particularly liked the "Lefthand Column Exercise. "
— Samir, 5/22/2011" Great tools to help build a "learning culture" "
— Danielle, 3/23/2011" Excellent book, not an easy read but push through and there is much to be gained "
— Bruce, 3/5/2011" Practical outworking of the Fifth Discipline. This will help you to be a systems thinker, and there is a great chance that you need to think more systems than you are. I know I do. "
— Steve, 11/30/2010" Read parts of this book for college course I edited... "
— Laura, 5/11/2010" Good ideas to implement in your company "
— Sabrina, 1/30/2010" A must for every educator. I have read this a hundred times and it is filled with dog ears, highlights and post-its for reference. "
— Ken, 6/28/2009" I storngly recommend this book to all HR and OD prationers. Such a useful book. Talks about tools and techniques that we can use while working on developing and building organizations. I particularly liked the "Lefthand Column Exercise. "
— Samir, 3/26/2009" I have not read this word for word... but that's not what this book is about... it's about findong practical appliocations for Senge's theories in ANY organization "
— Wayne, 10/27/2007" Methods on cultivating and sustaining a "learning" organization. In my opinion, it's more of a resource that you absorb over time rather than in a short period. "
— Christine, 7/10/2007Peter M. Senge is a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the chairman of the Society for Organizational Learning, and the author of The Fifth Discipline, named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the five “key business books” of the past two decades. He is a recognized pioneer, theorist, and writer in the field of management innovation.