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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization
by Peter M. Senge
from Doubleday Business
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Don't Become Road Kill! 
The Fifth Discipline is an excellent book exploring ways for corporations to improve long-term competitiveness by developing flexible learning methods and empowering employees. This work is well researched with clear useable methodologies.
Written almost two decades ago, many corporations are still striving to become "learning organizations" today. As to be expected, successes in this endeavor vary widely. The need for leaning organizations is more important than ever as technology and society change... more info
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Eloquent science 
This is a very eloquently written book. A top level manager will find there are many helpful ideas, such as the importance of teaching in management. One must help associates in an organization to greater understanding of the big picture.
Nonetheless, this role has usually been performed by a leader via storytelling, and visioning, rather than the techniques which Peter Senge emphasizes. The result of Senge's techniques are a more mechanical learning which is better suited to engineering inanimate... more info
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Seminal Work
The Fifth Discipline is a seminal book by the famous author Peter M. Senge. The book teaches the concept of the learning organization namely that the successful organization must continually adapt and learn in order to respond to changes in the environment effectively and therefore to grow and prosper. I have read the book a number of times and keep on referring to it as is filled with a lot useful knowledge and wisdom. System thinking and learning is critical to organisational growth and development in the... more info
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What am I missing?
Maybe this book was revolutionary when written, but the concepts seem pretty obvious now. If you have ever worked in any medium- to large-sized organization, you have likely experienced plenty of quality improvement meetingspeak. If so, I don't think this book will seem particularly earthshaking.
To me, the book often seems to have a quasi-religious new age tone. "If you master the 5 disciplines, you will achieve a higher level of meaning in your life," etc.
I didn't feel the book was well... more info
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