Each employee's and each group's ongoing efforts to gather information and apply the information to their decisions in a learning organization is referred to as

A) continuous learning.
B) critical thinking.
C) innovation.
D) cognition.
E) groupthink.

Continuous learning refers to the ongoing effort to gather information and apply it to decision making. This is a key aspect of a learning organization where individuals and groups are encouraged to constantly improve and adapt in order to stay competitive and achieve their goals. Critical thinking, innovation, cognition, and groupthink are related concepts, but do not capture the full scope of continuous learning as a process of ongoing improvement and adaptation.