Supportive Learning Environment

Proceedings 2nd CBRC, Lahore, Pakistan

November 14, 2009

SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - A BASIC INGREDIENT OF LEARNING

ORGANIZATION

Salman Shabbir

School of Business & Economics

University of Management & Technology

salmanshabbir5@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT

Learning of the organization entails the capacity to create and hold the picture of its future. This paper

seeks to associates the supportive learning environment with psychological safety and value to new ideas

by examining individual through their sensation about openness to recognition, flexibility and bareness to

mistakes with in the organization. The Assessment of the sportive learning environment is empirically done

in this paper. The survey in the course of questionnaire conducted for this study. Factor analysis implied to

identify the most critical factors that were comfort to express and openness to new ideas that have

maximum variation, refer to the basic ingredient of learning environment.

Key words: Learning organization, Openness to new ideas, AFAQ (Association for Academic Quality),

Psychological safety, Value to new ideas.

1. INTRODUCTION

The practices of the business have been changed from very beginning. The dynamic environment and stiff

competition pressure on organizations to hold the capacity to create its future. The continuous learning is

required to adopt, develop, change and practice for thriving in the market place. It never happens overnight,

the need for the learning organization is due to business becoming complex dynamic, and globally

competitive, excelling in a dynamic business environment requires more understanding. Knowledge,

preparation and agreement that one person expertise and experience over periods.

DEFINITION

According to Hornsby (2000) the OXFORD Advance Learner Dictionary the word learning is a noun

which means knowledge gained by studying or skill by studying from experience, from being taught.

The basic ideas and theories of learning organization are contributed by...