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Peter Senge's Learning Organizations: by Michelle Meyer Ngai & Katherine Davis
Peter Senge's Learning Organizations: by Michelle Meyer Ngai & Katherine Davis
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from o PhDgraduate MITin Systems Management chairof o Founding for SoL(Society Organizational Learning) o 1990wroteThe Fifth Discipline
Organizaiion Learning
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Personal Mastery
> organizations learnonly who through individuals learn "arrive"; > never in continual learning mode > striveto clarify and deepen personal vision > deeply awareof growth areasandtension between visionand reality
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Mental Models
> deeply ingrained assumptions andgeneralizations > honest and critical scrutiny of entrenched mental models > transcend mental models in orderfor change to takeplace
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> A genuine visionleadsto people wanting to exceland learn personal > Leaders musttranslate visionsintoshared visions > Unearthing shared'pictures of the future' thatfostergenuine rather commitment thancompliance > Leaderslearnthe counter-productiveness of tryingto dictatea vision, no matterhow heartfelt. (S enge 1990:9)
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TeamLearning
> Teamlearning starts with'dialogue'= thecapacity of members of a genuine 'thinking teamto suspend assumptions andenter together' > Allows insights thegroup to discover notattainable individually grouphowto recognize > Shows the patterns interaction of that undermine learning (Senge 1990: 10)
o Wherepeoplecontinually expandtheircapacity to createthe resultsthey trulydesire o Wherenew patterns of thinkingare nurtured o Wherecollective is set free aspiration o Wherepeople are continually learning to seethe wholetogether you ask people o "When aboutwhatit is likebeingpartof a greatteam, whatis moststriking is the meaningfulness of thie'experiente. People talk aboutbeingpartof-something larg6rthan themselve's, of being connected, of beinggenerative." (Senge 1990: 13)
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