Learning Organizations and Value Creation

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Review the $6$ key elements of a learning organization $($Ch$.11$ of Strategic Management, by Dess$).$

Complete$$the table below. Evaluate the extent to which$$the company you$$ve selected to assess in this course epitomizes each of the$6$elements$.($Costco Wholesale$)$

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Justify$$your$$determination$$with examples.$$

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Learning Organization Element

Extent to which the company epitomizes this element$$

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$[$This$]$ is why I believe it is medium.

Inspiring and motivating people with a mission or purpose$$

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Developing leaders$$

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Empowering employees$$

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Accumulating and sharing internal knowledge$$

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Gathering and integrating external information$$

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Challenging the status quo and enabling creativity$$

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Recommend at least $1$ step the organization's leaders could take to enhance $1$ of the elements and explain how that could help the organization create more value.

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