Mistakes Are A Good Thing, If We Learn From Them
Mistakes Are A Good Thing, If We Learn From Them

Summary/Abstract: A lot has been written about creation, deployment, storage and use of. Knowledge especially has gained importance in the last two decades as well as learning as the most important element of knowledge management. However, this phenomenon has not been nearly processed enough, because in each new time dimension knowledge is significantly increased getting thus new dimensions and influence, which is natural, because increasing quantity often leads to increase in quality of life and work. Knowledge quickly becomes obsolete, which imposes the need to use it as soon as possible, i.e. to shorten time that elapses from the time when the knowledge acquired until its implementation. Both this race for time and increasing competitiveness put people in a situation to make mistakes. Nevertheless, errors are one of the least processed phenomena in management and organization. It is shown that errors are an integral part of the life and work of every man as a conscious and rational human being. People certainly cannot live without errors because there is no man on this earth who has not made mistakes. The only difference lies in the consequences of mistakes and in the dynamics with which people are able to eliminate them and continue to live their lives and perform their jobs. While no one wants to make mistakes (very few people are willing to admit their mistakes), errors in the modern organization are not only necessary, but can be useful provided that individuals and organizations learn from mistakes. Hence the need in modern conditions to change attitude towards mistakes and thus complement the gaps that objectively exist regarding this issue in the theory of management and organization. This paper seeks to address the problem of errors in managing organizational systems, with particular emphasis on error management strategies.

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