The fifth discipline: looking ahead

Special issue guest editorial: A Nordic approach to organizational learning and the learning organization

“…Second, is it possible to trace and describe how a Nordic approach influences organizational learning and the learning organization? The four articles each draw on different types of analysis and interpretations of the distinction between organizational learning/the learning organization, thus reflecting a common debate within the fields since its establishment (Elkjaer, 2021; Rupčić, 2020; Tsang, 1997; Örtenblad, 2018). Irgens & Dahl trace the distinction between organizational learning and the learning organization in the way the concepts appear in learning and policy documents aimed at organizational development.…”