Argyris’s double and single loop learning
Strategy involves guessing about the future and then acting on those guesses. You don’t know what’s going to happen but you plan and try to accomplish those plans. Ideally you try to learn from your mistakes (and successes) at a deeper level that informs future actions.
Argyris’s double and single loop learning model
Source: Adapted from Argyris, C., ‘The executive mind and double-loop learning’, Organizational Dynamics, 11(2), 5–22, Elsevier Ltd, 1982
How to use
Strategic plans can lead to learning. Each time something works or doesn’t work it can teach a lesson. The question is whether the learning ...
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