Using the Concept of a Learning Organisation to Build a Third Generation University. Case Study of the Jagiellonian University
Using the Concept of a Learning Organisation to Build a Third Generation University. Case Study of the Jagiellonian University

Summary/Abstract: Background. Currently, the university management requires undertaking the execution of new activities. In response to the challenges of the contemporary processes of the management – building a third generation university – universities are adapting the concepts of management, which up to now have been first and foremost availed of in the sector of enterprises. Such a solution is the concept of a learning organisation.Research aims. The aim of the research conducted was to verify the using of the concepts of a learning organisation during the building of the third generation universityMethodology. In the research methodology, a systematic literary review was applied, as well as a case study of the Jagiellonian University. The choice of this university was made on the basis of a subjective evaluation of the process of evolution of the university from the second generation to the third generation. The adoption of such research methodology shall facilitate the building of propositions of good practices of the university management for other universities in the future.Findings. The research conducted reveals that the university has been using a learning organisation to build a third generation university.

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