Is organisational memory a construct in understanding schools as learning organisations?

Current educational reform has encouraged the concept of schools as "learning communities" or organisations of people who are committed to using learning collectively to achieve shared goals. Organisational learning implies an organisational memory from which information can be accessed to facilitate decision making. What is organisational memory and what role does it play in the operation and management of a school? What is the relationship between individual memory, organisational memory and organisational culture? These questions will be addressed using information from a case study of a secondary school identified as a learning organisation.