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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Paperback – Deckle Edge, 21 March 2006

by Peter M. Senge (Author)
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MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES IN PRINT - "One of the seminal management books of the past seventy-five years."--Harvard Business Review

This revised edition of the bestselling classic is based on fifteen years of experience in putting Peter Senge's ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organization's ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories demonstrate the many ways that the core ideas of the Fifth Discipline, many of which seemed radical when first published, have become deeply integrated into people's ways of seeing the world and their managerial practices.

Senge describes how companies can rid themselves of the learning blocks that threaten their productivity and success by adopting the strategies of learning organizations, in which new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, collective aspiration is set free, and people are continually learning how to create the results they truly desire.

Mastering the disciplines Senge outlines in the book will:

- Reignite the spark of genuine learning driven by people focused on what truly matters to them
- Bridge teamwork into macrocreativity
- Free you of confining assumptions and mindsets
- Teach you to see the forest and the trees
- End the struggle between work and personal time

This updated edition contains more than one hundred pages of new material based on interviews with dozens of practitioners at companies such as BP, Unilever, Intel, Ford, HP, and Saudi Aramco and organizations such as Roca, Oxfam, and The World Bank.

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"Forget your old, tired ideas about leadership. The most successful corporation . . . will be something called a learning organization."--Fortune

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An 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."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown; Illustrated edition (21 March 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385517254
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385517256
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.88 x 2.95 x 22.86 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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PETER M. SENGE is the founding chairperson of the Society for Organizational Learning and a senior lecturer at MIT. He is the co-author of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, The Dance of Change, and Schools That Learn (part of the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series) and has lectured extensively throughout the world. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts..

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
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2.0 out of 5 stars Is not audio version of the book
Reviewed in Australia on 13 December 2019
It is not the audio version of the book. I tend to prefer audiobooks for initial 'reading" (listening), and would get the kindle or print version for referencing. However, this audiobook is not the same as the actual book and hence not useful for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ótima leitura para quem busca entender o diferencial de empresas do futuro.
Reviewed in Brazil on 11 August 2023
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O livro fala de disciplinas que as empresas precisam dominar para serem bem sucedidas.
Dentre as disciplinas a quinta disciplina o autor destaca como sendo a principal e que não é muito presente nos dias de hoje.
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Kathryn DuPont
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - beyond what I expected
Reviewed in Canada on 25 February 2022
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I ordered this book for a Masters level program I'm taking. I'm pleased this is one of my textbooks, as I will use it forever more! Great content.
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Christoph Dibbern
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book about fostering learning organizations
Reviewed in Germany on 15 January 2023
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This book sharpened my view on organizational development and learning organizations. It is easy to read and offers deep insights how to make the first steps towards better results and a culture of trust, learning and reinvention.
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Strinkar Skewes
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro, pero...
Reviewed in Mexico on 16 November 2019
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Este libro me lo pidieron en la escuela para una materia. Lo compré en inglés porque salía más barato que en español. Cuando me llegó, comencé a leerlo inmediatamente para no perder el tiempo y tener el resumen de la obra lo más pronto posible. Un día, mi profesor faltó a una clase. No pasa nada, todo mundo llega a faltar por distintas razones, sin embargo, esto se repitió por cuatro días. Espero que el profesor se encuentre bien, porque ya nunca supimos que fue de él. Diría que me hizo gastar dinero, pero comprar un libro nunca es un desperdicio de dinero.

En fin, lo importante es que el libro me llegó en buenas condiciones y el tema del pensamiento sistémico que trata, es interesante.
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