ABSTRACT
The learning organization is "... where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nutured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning how to learn together" (Senge, 1990a, p. I). "Post-fonnal thinking" could replace "learning organization" in this definition with one very important difference. Post-fonnal thinking recognizes the political dimensions found at all levels of social organization, analyzing how power is produced and distributed (Kincheloe, 1995, p. 122). Failing to address the political context of the workplace and issues of power allows organizations to use learning organization tools to increase control over workers' thoughts and actions. However, post-fonnal workers understand these unstated power strutures and social context of the workplace, allowing space at the margin to challenge this control.
