Evaluation of Concept of Learning Organization

Discussion

In any organization, stress is a rampant aspect that may affect individual’s day-to-day work. The common causes of stress in a workplace are pressure to meet deadlines, increased workload, or unpaid overtime. The relationship between an individual and other organizational members may also trigger stress. Stress may also stem from life challenges that a worker faces, such as personal loss. Stress may diminish the performance of an individual as one may lose concentration or become disorganized.

Time-related stress such as that of meeting deadlines may prompt an employee to prioritize duties poorly. Setting of unrealistic goals may be a contributory factor to stress among organizational members (Tran et al., 2020, p 30). Further, a company may suffer from absenteeism or increased legal claims as a result of work-related stress. Stress is attributed to physical illnesses such as diabetes and high blood sugar. Stress may be detected through the behavioral tendencies of an individual. Staff members may develop a negative attitudes about the institution or become less cooperative with others.

Organizations may implement various stress management policies to help their workers deal with stress. One way to do this is through encouraging personnel. Involving the staff in decision making and acknowledging their participation encourages workers consequently reducing work–related stress. Managers may look into reducing work conflicts and providing flexible work schedules to manage stress. Organizations may also equip their workers with knowledge and skill to manage stress (Tran et al., 2020, p 30). Corporations such as Google encourage their staffers to detach from work when faced with stress.

A significant advantage to employing such stress management measures is reduced job demand and enhanced interpersonal relationship in a company. A limitation to managing stress at work is where a worker is lack of self-awareness of the presence of the stress and the available stress management strategies at work. Managing stress by an individual is challenging where the individual does not acknowledge the stressor.

This makes it even for company to apply stress intervention programs. Another challenge is where the relationship between work and life of individual is not easily distinguishable thus making it harder to manage stress for the individual and the organization. Stress in the workplace may function as a motivational factor (Pignata, Boyd, Winefield and Provis, 2017, p 10). An example is where personnel is stressed because of a big project. It is likely more effort is going to be put to complete the project. Nevertheless, such kind of stress may lead to poor decision making.

An ideal company is that which provides a learning environment for individuals to develop professionally. Companies should adopt learning that addresses its underlying values (Saadat and Saadat, 2017, p. 220). In a situation where a staff member makes a mistake or fails to deliver. The company explores the cause of the problem rather than demeaning the staffer. Learning organization can be implemented successfully by providing the space for learning. These spaces can be created by involving individuals in making corporate decisions. Individuals in a company may trigger learning through voicing their opinions (Coopey and Burgoyne, 2000, p. 876).

The company shall then appreciate the contribution as opposed to blocking it. Appreciation shall encourage further opinions consequently more learning. Firms can also provide learning space by encouraging open dialogue between individuals and the firm. Pressures from directors, experts, and managers may impede employees from communicating freely (Coopey & Burgoyne, 2000, p 877). Moreover, learning spaces can be created by allowing individuals to take risks and exercising innovativeness. In this case, managers would delegate specific duties to their subordinates rather than giving them the freedom to make their own choices. In this case, subordinates are exposed to new challenges that compel innovativeness.

Another way a learning organization can be implemented successfully is by promoting a culture of learning within the organization. Learning culture may include transparency and topic guidance, and leading. Developing a learning culture in an organization encourages entrepreneurship (Saadat and Saadat, 2017, p 224). The pressures from the job are also normalized where a culture of learning is present in an organization. This reduces anxiety when met with new challenges (Schein, 1983, p 86). A culture of learning also fosters research, risk-taking, and experience.

Senge’s model of learning organization provides five disciplines to create a learning organization. The first of five disciplines is individual learning. This discipline suggests that an organization can only le