A student nurse has frequently heard the name "Senge," and he asks a nurse educator who Senge was. The nurse educator explains that Senge was:
a. a pioneer in quality management.
b. an insightful leader who advocated intuitive thinking for nursing process.
c. an advocate for nursing education and improved clinical conditions and experiences.
d. a leader in how individuals learn in organizations.
D
Peter Senge is best known for his pioneer work on learning organizations. His own definition of
learning organizations is "organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the
results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective
aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together" (Senge,
1990, p. 3).
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