Employees' Perception of a Community College Dimensions as Learning Organization and Readiness to Change

Learning organizations are found to be more resilient and adaptive to globalized pressure. For a Community College that vows to serve quality education, it also needs to pursue how it can cope with the rapidly changing environment demanded by globalization. This study aimed to assess the dimensions of learning organization at a Community College and its readiness to change.  This study utilized the mixed method integrating quantitative and qualitative approach. The researcher used the survey method consisted of a demographic questionnaire, the DLOQ (Watkins & Marsick, 1993, 1996, 1999) instrument, and attitude toward change instrument by Dunham et al. (1989). The study revealed that demographics like age, educational attainment, employment status and years of experience are a significant source of differentiating opinions among the respondents considering the seven dimensions of the learning organization. Learning organization as a paradigm should be approached holistically. It is of paramount importance that the community college values its faculty and staff, regarding them as the most important resource to gain competitive advantage and to meet the demands of globalized pressure.

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Keywords: Learning organization, readiness to change, demographics