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The acceptance of the learning organization and its treatment in education and in business literature, from assessment to the corporate bottom line, is a powerful testament to Peter Senge's vision and recognition of his original work, The Fifth Discipline (1990), as a classic. In this major revision, Senge (Sloan School of Management, MIT) closely examines the core disciplines to reveal many familiar individual and organizational tenets constituting the art and practice of the learning organization. He discusses the importance of learning to an organization's competitive advantage and provides guidance on how to implement the strategies of successful learning organizations. The author shares insights from interviews with a wide range of corporate and organization leaders from, e.g., Unilever, Intel, Saudi Aramco, Oxfam, and the World Bank. Responding to feedback in the same manner as Jim Collins in Good to Great and the Social Sectors (2005), Senge in this new edition refines his mind-set for applying the art of the learning organization. Readers of this important volume, whose talents and skills are the underlying strength of the learning organization, will become more discerning of a corporation's vitality and culture and also its role in fulfilling their needs in meaningful ways. Summing Up: Essential. General readers, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and practitioners. Copyright 2006 American Library Association.