Learning Organization Survey in Private and Government Aided Educational Institutions

Abstract

In a very dynamic and competitive global scenario of today the key challenge is about how to develop, utilize and sustain continuously the knowledge potentials in an enterprise. For any growth or sun·ival, learning is imperative. Learning organization is where continuous learning, development and innovation are as natural as breathing and an embedded part of the organization '.s culture (values and beliefs). Academic institutions play a significant role in nation building by providing rich minds and brains to the corporate world. The present study thus tries to compare and profile the learning organization of a private engineering college with that of a government aided college. The samples for the stud_v consisted of JOO faculty members (50 from private, 50 from government aided college) with over 2 years of experience with the institution. The data was collected using Learning Organization Profile ( LOP) sun1ey developed by Dr. Udai Pareek (2002). TT1e data collected was subjected to appropriate statistical analysis namely Reliability Analysis, One Way ANO VA and Correlation Analysis. The results revealed there is a significant difference between private and government college faculty members in Holistic Frame, Shared Vision, Empowennent, Information Flow, lntemality, Learning, Synergy dimensions of the lea ming organization profile. There is 110 significant difference between private and government college faculty members in the strategic thinking dimension of learning organization profile. It is also found that there is a fair association among the dimensions of Learning Organization profile.