８０年代末、９０年代初以来，研究与创建“学习型组织”的热潮，从它的发源地美国开始，波及了世界许多国家。学习型组织的开山之作───美国麻省理工大学教授彼得·圣吉（Ｐｅｒｔｅｒ Ｓｅｎｇｅ）所著的《第五项修炼──学习型组织的艺术与实务》一书，震惊国际管理学界， Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the upsurge of studying and creating “learning organizations” has spread to many countries in the world since its birth in the United States. The Making of Learning Organizations────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── "