In the South Pacific context, the learning organisation could be used as a 
framework for planning more effective in-service education. At the 
institutional level, it could instill a more systematic approach to staff 
development and provide strong motivation to individuals to make a greater 
commitment to their own growth and advancement.
Finally, a word of caution is appropriate. Every society, those of the South 
Pacific included, has its own threshold of conservatism, inertia and change. 
There are values which are persistent and have stood the test of time, while 
others are open to influence and change. What to change and what to retain 
is a judgement best made by the local people themselves. Educational 
administrators in the South Pacific will have to decide what particular values 
should drive their Learning Organisations. In doing so, they will have to 
bear in mind the cultural appropriateness, timing and pace of their 
implementation process.