The school as learning organization: Some reformation on Malaysian school management system

• Main Authors: Kumar, Naresh, Uli, Jegak
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/13917/1/KM208.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/13917/; http://www.kmice.cms.net.my

To move Malaysia towards a fully developed country by the year 2020 as aimed by the “Vision 2020”, will be victorious if systemic changes take place in Malaysian school management system.Indeed, Malaysian schools needs to expand and learn continuously at a higher or equal rate of any changes that occurs in this technological world that are changing rapidly.To be a part of the nations success, Malaysian schools need to be driven from traditional management practices into the learning organization paradigm.Without a doubt schools in Malaysia can adapt to the changes in a natural way by addressing the importance of being learning organizations where continuous learning will be the main ingredient.The smart school and vision school concepts introduced by the government shows a positive indicator that Malaysian schools have the potential to become learning organizations.This paper attempts to address the five disciplines of learning organization which are crucial to sculpt Malaysian schools into learning organizations.