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Learning/Becoming/Organizing

University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, s.clegg{at}uts.edu.au

Martin Kornberger

University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, martin.kornberger{at}uts.edu.au

Carl Rhodes

University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, carl.rhodes{at}uts.edu.au

In this paper we rethink and reframe organizational learning in terms of organizational becoming. We see these concepts as two mutually implicating ways of exploring and simultaneously constituting the phenomena of organization. Bearing in mind that the understanding of organization is simultaneously a question of the organization of understanding, we reflect on the complex interrelation between thinking and organizing. In order to connect the processes of learning and becoming, we consider the concept of organization as space in between order and chaos. We propose a perspective that sees learning not as something that is done to organizations, or as something that an organization does; rather, learning and organizing are seen as mutually constitutive and unstable, yet pragmatic, constructs that might enable a dynamic appreciation of organizational life. Further, we argue that the becoming that is in organizing implies a permanent non-rational movement such that organization can never be rationally defined.

Key Words: becoming • dis/organization • innovation • learning • power

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