Openness and insularity in the NDA group’s organizational learning : Findings and recommendations

Four types of organizational complexity were evident within and across the NDA group that impacted its organizational learning, related to -structures and processes; stakeholder relationships; the workforce; and modes of thinking and learning. Together, these indicate tensions related to organizational learning between openness and insularity, at three levels: within the NDA group organizations, between NDA group organizations, and at the sectoral level. To build further on the forms of mission-driven and collaborative learning in and across the NDA group it is recommended that it: o Review its mission statement and its associated indicators and measures of mission progress.o Review the NDA group's current stakeholder strategies and mechanisms.o Integrate systems and processes across the NDA group as much as is practicable.o Further develop a culture of collaborative control and challenge.