An organization can shape its’ future through acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. An organization using these systems will be able to think for itself, communicate effectively, and create and innovate. The two types of organizations are a learning organization and organizational learning. The difference is only a few are considered learning organizations and is especially true within the health care organizations. Within the health care organizations, the physician leader is responsible for directing the organization to become a learning organization. This is accomplished by three operational pillars.
The three pillars are key to starting a learning organization and the physician leader roles with ensuring that the organization is successful