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How can learning organizations support sustainability goals?

When discussing learning organizations, scholars and practitioners often focus on the learning organization system or, in other words, its internal operations, which has recently been criticized as limited (Becker, 2018). Although the learning organization philosophy is based on systems thinking (among other learning organization disciplines) and therefore seeks to establish harmonious and cooperative relationships with its environment, many practitioners (and scholars) see it as another tool to improve performance. For profit organizations, this means improving productivity and profitability, regardless of the interests of external stakeholders, especially society and its sustainability goals. However, when considering the goal of sustainability, we should take a two- sided perspective and focus not only on organizational viability and sustainability, but also on the sustainability of the environment in which organizations (and companies) are embedded. Here, collaboration is key to identifying mutual positions and interests and finding ways to balance them by developing inclusive solutions.

Learning organizations, sustainability, stakeholder orientation

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