The Learning Mechanic
Sediment-Embedded Radiator Cap Breaking Bogart (11) *Disclaimer: a mechanic is a technician and both terms are used interchangeably throughout this post. The following contains my thoughts on how an automotive repair shop could be considered an learning organization. And how I would qualify that statement through example and recontextualization. When considering a workplace I used to be employed under, an automotive repair and tire shop, I am reframing my experiences and even work methods utilized to try and consider it to be a learning organization. I can say right now that at the very least, the company attempted to provide a form of corporate university. According to Carbery and Cross, a corporate university is defined as, "an organization-specific educational provider. It is created and owned by a specific company and provides job-specific and organization-specific training to the organization's employees." (2015) This company's corporate university was just so. T
