LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INFORMATION AGE: THE CASE OF SELCUK UNIVERSITY, TURKEY

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In the information age, the concept of learning increasingly gains
importance both for individuals and organizations. A learning organization
is defined as an organization that facilitates the learning of all its members
and teams and continually transforms itself. Being a learningorganization is
crucial for educational organizations, particularly colleges and universities
since they should transform themselvesinto open system-learning units to
meet the requirements of the age of rapid organizational change.
Selcuk University is Turkey’s one of the largest multidisciplinary
university, education policy of which isto equip students with necessary
knowledge and research capabilities to be successful in the global information age. The administration of Selcuk University is determined to facilitate
and lean the learning processes in the academic units and formulates its
policies in accordance with the demands and imperatives of this age. In this
context, Selcuk University is found to be conscious of utilizing the modern
instruction methods, especially those supported by the advanced information technologies. In this study, SelcukUniversity is examined in terms of
the criteria of a learning organization.