TOWARDS BECOMING LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN THE AGE OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED
Knowledge society in Saudi Arabia is in the progress and its society is getting ready to play a crucial part in the global drive for educational excellence. Knowledge society pose a difficult challenge to the Colleges to apply Learning Organization best practices. To make Knowledge Society rather than desired, the researcher applied action research which is conducted starting from the academic year 2015-2016 till now. The research reported in this paper outlines the important theories directly relate to Knowledge Society and Learning Organization, in addition it investigates the Best Practices and lessons learned by this Emerging College in its journey towards becoming a knowledge Organization and create a deeper knowledge about the theoretical frameworks on the implementation of Knowledge Society concepts.
Knowledge Society, Learning Organization, College of Computer Science & Engineering at Yanbu (CCSEY), Social networking, Web 2.0, actor-network theory (ANT), communities of practice(CoP) , Action Research.