A theory of the learning organization has been progressed much since having originated from a theory of informal learning and organizational development in the 1940s. As diverse practical prescriptions for helping organizational learning were proposed especially from the 1990s, it got a lot of attention. Learning organization theory was introduced with various forms even to public organization including the government and has ever been already progressed many researches even in the science of public administration. The pattern of learning organization in public organization is expected for public officials to be capable not only of developing own ability within organization, but also of discovering and realizing public value through the active communication & discussion and through the connection with external environment.
Individuals and organizations of today that is represented as the learning society are facing diverse challenges according to a rapid change in globalization, knowledge economy, and technical renovation. An individual and an organization as a self-directed learner in the learning society need to have an interest in creating and sharing knowledge through organization members' positive participation and in implementing the organizational culture and the learning organization that are continued learning in order to expand strategic asset called knowledge and learning ability into the whole organization.
This study examined a concept and a characteristic of the learning organization in order to present a plan of applying the learning organization to correctional administration, figured out the present status on how the learning organization is being applied to police organization along with a change in correctional environment, and suggested a plan of applying the learning organization to correctional administration through this.