Learning Organization (LO) and a Critical Look At Undergraduate Tourism Programs in Turkey

Universities,which is the scope of this study, have been acknowledged as learning organizations that pursue “continuous learning” besides “continuous development”. The study aims to assess the Schools of Tourism and Hotel Management in Turkey, which are going through a transformational process to become faculties, in terms of the “Learning Organization” (LO) concept. The information that has been obtained is significant as it has revealed the facts about the maturity level of the Schools of Tourism and Hotel Management as “learning organizations”.

Keywords: learning organization; knowing organization, tourism education, tourism programs, continuous learning.