Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
Peter Senge's framework for the learning organization as he published it in The Fifth Discipline: five disciplines (systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building shared vision, team learning) developed as an ensemble, the seven learning disabilities they counter, the eleven laws of the fifth discipline, the ten systems archetypes with their management principles, and the leader's work as designer, steward and teacher. Read against the author's complete 1990 text; the 2006 revised edition keeps the disciplines, laws and archetypes.
Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization is a compliance framework from International with 9 domains and 54 controls that map to 6 other frameworks. The largest domains are The laws of the fifth discipline – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (11 controls), Systems archetypes – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (10 controls), Leading the learning organization – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (7 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (9)
Building shared vision – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.1 | Build shared vision from personal visions |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.2 | Make visioning an ongoing conversation, not a one-off statement |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.3 | Seek enrollment and commitment, not compliance |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.4 | Anchor the vision in governing ideas: vision, purpose and core values |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.5 | Hold positive visions and tell the truth about current reality |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::SV.6 | Sustain the visioning process against the structures that kill visions |
Foundations: the learning organization and its disciplines – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::F.1 | Build a learning organization: continually expanding the capacity to create its future |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::F.2 | Develop the five disciplines as an ensemble, with systems thinking integrating them |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::F.3 | Recognize and counter the seven organizational learning disabilities |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::F.4 | Practise each discipline at the levels of practices and principles, through the stages of learning |
Leading the learning organization – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.1 | Leader as designer |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.2 | Leader as steward |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.3 | Leader as teacher: define reality at the level of structure and purpose |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.4 | Practise participative and reflective openness |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.5 | Localness: control without controlling |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.6 | Create time for reflection |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::LO.7 | Use microworlds and learning laboratories |
Mental models – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::MM.1 | Surface and test the mental models of key decision makers |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::MM.2 | Institutionalize reflection on mental models |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::MM.3 | Practise reflection: leaps of abstraction and the left-hand column |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::MM.4 | Balance inquiry and advocacy |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::MM.5 | Face the gap between espoused theory and theory-in-use |
Personal mastery – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::PM.1 | Clarify personal vision and purpose |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::PM.2 | Hold creative tension rather than lowering the vision |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::PM.3 | Commit to the truth and recognize structural conflict |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::PM.4 | Integrate reason and intuition and see connectedness |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::PM.5 | Foster personal mastery in the organization without compulsion |
Systems archetypes – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.1 | Archetype: Balancing process with delay |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.10 | Archetype: Growth and underinvestment |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.2 | Archetype: Limits to growth |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.3 | Archetype: Shifting the burden |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.4 | Archetype: Shifting the burden to the intervenor |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.5 | Archetype: Eroding goals |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.6 | Archetype: Escalation |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.7 | Archetype: Success to the successful |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.8 | Archetype: Tragedy of the commons |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::A.9 | Archetype: Fixes that fail |
Systems thinking: the fifth discipline – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::ST.1 | See interrelationships and processes of change: structure influences behavior |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::ST.2 | Work with reinforcing and balancing feedback and delays |
Team learning – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::TL.1 | Practise dialogue: suspend assumptions, act as colleagues, hold the context |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::TL.2 | Move consciously between dialogue and discussion |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::TL.3 | Face conflict and defensive routines |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::TL.4 | Give teams practice fields and a shared systems language |
The laws of the fifth discipline – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.1 | Law 1: Today's problems come from yesterday's solutions |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.10 | Law 10: Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.11 | Law 11: There is no blame |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.2 | Law 2: The harder you push, the harder the system pushes back |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.3 | Law 3: Behavior grows better before it grows worse |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.4 | Law 4: The easy way out usually leads back in |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.5 | Law 5: The cure can be worse than the disease |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.6 | Law 6: Faster is slower |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.7 | Law 7: Cause and effect are not closely related in time and space |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.8 | Law 8: Small changes can produce big results, but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious |
| senge-fifth-discipline-learning-organization::L.9 | Law 9: You can have your cake and eat it too, but not at once |
Your Compliance Coverage
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Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization is a compliance framework from International with 9 domains and 54 controls. Peter Senge's framework for the learning organization as he published it in The Fifth Discipline: five disciplines (systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building shared vision, team learning) developed as an ensemble, the seven learning disabilities they counter, the eleven laws of the fifth discipline, the ten systems archetypes with their management principles, and the leader's work as designer, steward and teacher. Read against the author's complete 1990 text; the 2006 revised edition keeps the disciplines, laws and archetypes. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization actually require?
Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization has 54 controls organised across 9 domains. The largest domains are The laws of the fifth discipline – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (11 controls), Systems archetypes – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (10 controls), Leading the learning organization – Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization (7 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization do I already cover?
Senge Fifth Discipline - Learning Organization maps to 6 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO 37000:2021 (5% coverage), Argyris Double-Loop Learning (4% coverage), WHO Global Competency Model (4% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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