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The
Fifth
Discipline
-
Peter
Senge
Synopsis
A
classic
in
business,
Peter
Senge's
THE
FIFTH
DISCIPLINE
promotes
the
idea
of
"the
learning
corporation."
Since
change
is
inevitable,
and
since
those
who
do
not
respond
well
to
change
will
fail,
Senge
feels
it
is
incumbent
upon
companies
to
be
resilient,
to
keep
themselves
new,
and,
most
importantly,
to
develop
their
employees.
A
company
with
an
awareness
of
itself
as
a
learning
organization
will
succeed,
Senge
believes.
Here
he
provides
the
practical
advice
needed,
including
an
explanation
of
how
to
organize
teams
in
the
workplace.
Size
Height:9.0
in.Width:6.5
in.Thickness:1.5
in.Weight:20.0
oz.
Publisher's
NoteAn
MIT
Professor's
pathbreaking
book
on
building
"learning
organizations"
--
corporations
that
overcome
inherent
obstacles
to
learning
and
develop
dynamic
ways
to
pinpoint
the
threats
that
face
them
and
to
recognize
new
opportunities.
Not
only
is
the
learning
organization
a
new
source
of
competitive
advantage,
it
also
offers
a
marvelously
empowering
approach
to
work,
one
which
promises
that,
as
Archimedes
put
it,
"with
a
lever
long
enough...
single-handed
I
can
move
the
world."
Finally
in
paperback,
Senge's
national
bestseller
The
Fifth
Discipline,
which
has
turned
the
principles
of
the
learning
organization
into
a
movement
of
snowballing
size
and
strength.
The
ability
to
respond
to
change
is
the
crucial
issue
of
the
'90s,
but
management
tools
such
as
"reengineering"
and
"total
quality"
simply
treat
the
symptoms.
Adopted
by
Ford,
AT&T,
and
others,
here
is
a
cure
for
the
disease
Senge
calls
"learning
disabilities".
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