THREE LEVELS AND SEVEN DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING ORGANIZATION: A REVIEW

Abstract

Schools are an organization that requires a cultural process to preserve the development of knowledge among organizational citizens. Learning organizations are a culture that is very practical to practice in schools. Practicing of learning organizations in schools has been widely discussed in existing research. However, most of last research only discusses the level of learning organization as a whole. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the level of practice of the seven dimensions of the learning organization, which have been divided into three levels, among 377 primary school teachers. This study was also conducted to identify the dimensions of more practiced learning organizations among teachers. This study is quantitative, using the survey method. The research instrument is a questionnaire consisting of two sections. A total of 43 items were adapted from the "Dimensions of Learning Organizations Questionnaire" instrument used for this study to evaluate each dimension in the learning organization, namely the communication system dimensions, networking system, empowerment, leadership for learning, continuous learning dimension, dialogue and inquiry, dimension and team learning dimension. The findings of this study showed that the organizational level (M = 4.55, SP = 0.63) and the dialogue and inquiry dimensions (M = 4.02, SP = 0.66) were at the highest level. Researchers hope that this study can serve as a guide and contribute to the development of an organization, especially schools.