Strategy Of Learning From Mistakes
Strategy Of Learning From Mistakes

Summary/Abstract: Learning, i.e. the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities is one of the key elements in the management of modern organizations. Many people get college degrees or build a career with the most important places in the organization, and yet they have not learned how to learn. Indeed, we can learn everywhere, any place and any time. One can learn from animals, from other people, from their own experiences, at universities. Each of these modes of learning has its own characteristics. Common to all concepts of learning is that they are more or less known and largely standardized. However, learning from mistakes is completely neglected, especially strategies that provide an answer to the question of how to learn from mistakes and how to turn negative sides of errors into benefits for both individuals and companies. The reason for the above largely lies in the indisputable fact that few people are willing to admit a mistake and learn certain lessons as a kind of knowledge that can be acquired through experience and work. In other words, no one wants to have witnesses when he makes mistakes; further, very few people are willing to remember their mistakes or return to the analysis of errors they had made. Because of the above, this issue is largely unknown in the management theory. This paper deals with strategies for learning from errors perceived in a new context, i.e. the paper deals with the fact that errors are a good thing provided that individuals or organizations can learn from them. This corresponds to modern conditions, where there is great complexity and interdependence of business, and thus there are greater chances of errors and omissions.

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