Toward Group Learning as Group Learning

A new framework for understanding group learning is proposed. The framework extends the currently held models of group and organizational learning by focusing on the essential differences between individuals and groups as information processing entities. The proposed framework appends two new dimensions to the existing theories of collective learning that are built around processes involving feedback seeking, error detection and correction, and routinization. The author argues that group learning occurs through the development and change in shared meanings held by the group members as a result of a continuous interaction with the actions performed, and the changes in the group’s composition and structure brought about external constraints. Rajiv Nag 423 Beam Business Administration Building Department of Management and Organization (814) 865-6651 {office phone} [email protected] (e-mail address)