... of the hierarchy and vice versa. The concept of 'Learning Organization' was first founded in 1980s and it popularized in 1990s in Australia when Commonwealth government started a policy drive to improve Australia's skill base (Lewis, 2000, p 173). The organizational learning is a very old concept and it draws on many older approaches to management and training. There are basically three models of an organization which are based on two assumptions. The first assumptions are the knowledge or skill which is very important as it tells about the effectiveness of an organization. The second assumption is that an organization can become good by giving attention to the learning process within the organization. There are three types of models of the organizational learning given by Field and Ford which is as follows: Haphazard learning: In the haphazard learning, goals are hazy and the feedback is weak and irregular therefore there is no ...

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