I am interested in finding out if any museums of which you are aware
or more specifically their managers are applying learning organization
theory a la Peter Senge to their organizations. Wheter  a failure or a
success, I would be interested in the story.

We have two projects going in Canada funded by Human Resources Canada
and the Canadian Museums Assoc.  One has  seven museums investigating
Learning Organization Theory in application to their institutions and
their daily management lives.  Another, which I am running with a
colleague, is looking at the Learning Individual, i.e. we are trying
to develop a workshop and fieldbook which incorporates the Learning
Organization theory to personal career planning or the continuous
learning concept. The point is to design resources to reach the
variety of cultural workers in the museum field, many of whom are not
permanently employed by "institutions" and many of whom may be
employment challenged.

One comment that I hear often is that the Learning Organization is not
necessarily the most creative in its products.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,


Lynne Teather,
Museum Studies Program,
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P.S.

To Mr. Baron, on rethinking the issue, I take your point!