Characteristics of a school in the political context of what a learning organization means

Características de una escuela en el contexto político de lo que significa una organización de aprendizaje

• Paulina Palujanskiene Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5737-5407
• Biruta Svagzdiene Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6016-6019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.26

Keywords: school, learning organization, political context, communication, political meanings

Abstract

The main objective of this article was to identify the characteristics of a school that effectively becomes a learning organization and the need to improve it in the political context of the learning organization. To reveal the theoretical and empirical bases of the article, methods of analysis, synthesis, quantitative research and results processing were applied. The results presuppose that school administration, peer support and favorable infrastructure have a positive impact on the development of personal skills of community members. In this sense, the improvement of learning competence and innovation is identified with openness to the environment, to other communities and a high level of internal communication culture. It is concluded that, schools as fundamental learning organizations to identify themselves and their environment as a team, to develop an intuitive systematic sense (part of the system; we-system), need to drive a clear and effective communication structure, in coherence with the strategic and systemic processes of adequate response to the needs of the community, all of which legitimizes it with social approval and more internal and external supports.

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