Teaching Smart People How to Learn by Chris Argyris. First published in the Harvard Business Review‚ May-June 1991‚ pp 99-109 Abstract Our organizations must become learning organizations‚ says Chris Argyris‚ but first they must resolve a learning dilemma: professionals who occupy key leadership roles in the company frequently are the least able to learn. They are prone to the behavior patterns and defensive routines that block learning. That senior managers are not good at learning may
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southwestern edge of Europe‚ occupies about one-sixth Iberian Peninsula‚ which it shares with Spain ‚ its only neighbor. It is one of the oldest nations in the Europe‚ Portugal became independent of both Moorish and Castilian control in 1143‚ when Alfonso I was proclaimed King. The original kingdom was located north of the Douro River‚ but it expanded southward along the coast by driving the Moors from Lisbon and Alentejo and Algarve‚ south of the Tagus River‚ by 1252. In the 15th and early 16th centuries
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Deep smarts are valuable knowledge. They are developed through accumulated experience during performing a task on a particular job.According to our reference textbook‚ the definition of deep smart is provided as“the capacity of experts to exploit their deep knowledge of a particular practice to exercise good judgment and the “smart” interpretation of new possibilities”.(Leonard and Swap‚ 2004) People with Deep Smarts are the “go-to” individuals in an organization‚ possessed of skills and knowledge
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SMART MATERIALS 1. Introduction The primary characteristic of a ‘‘smart material’’ is that it has the ability to respond to external stimuli in a technically useful and technically controlled way. The words ‘‘technically useful’’ and ‘‘technically controlled’’ are emphasized since all materials respond to external stimuli of some sort or other (as a simple example‚ all materials respond to temperature by changing their volume)‚ however‚ to be considered a ‘‘smart material’’ the response must
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Smart Meters Smart Electrical Meters‚ Advanced Metering Infrastructure‚ and Meter Communications NOTE: This document is a free excerpt of a larger research report. If you are interested in purchasing the full report‚ please contact Pike Research at sales@pikeresearch.com. Published 4Q 2009 Bob Gohn Industry Analyst Clint Wheelock Managing Director Smart Meters Section 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The electrical metering industry is undergoing the largest transformation
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Yesterday I was going to order my first computer but I got in trouble for “Yelling” at my coach/grandpa even though I can’t even remember raising my voice once at him so I wasn’t allowed to. So now I have to wait a while for my parents anger to cool down‚ and for me to become ungrounded to order it myself (also include the time I have to wait to get paid‚ but that’s like tonight so that doesn’t really matter.) because I can almost guarantee that they are not going to pay for some of it anymore. I also
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remonstration. A demand for change is intensely ubiquitous and easily absorbed by listeners if this genre. It is most times used for ethnic construction and broadcasting of thoughts that reflect realities of their creators. Lady Saw’s song “I’ve got your man” can be applied towards this category. Of the aforementioned it has become abundant in the radical change in women of society today compared with those of long ago‚ an increase in issues surrounding infidelity have taken hold
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How I Got Chased By a Dog: One of the Worst Days of My Life Looking back when I was a little girl about the age of 7‚ I always wanted a pet‚ I didn’t care what I just wanted one. So I told my mom about it and she let me get 1 fish. I loved that fish‚ I named him Samuel. Samuel was an angelfish‚ he was blue and he had a smaller fin on his right side. I chose him‚ assuming he wouldn’t get picked by anyone else. He only lived for a week and a half. After Samuel died‚ my mom didn’t think I would be ready
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almost half of the students interviewed said that they left simply because they found their classes were not interesting. I think that a main problem in today’s school systems is that they are not connecting enough with the students and gaining their interest. Many students’ street smarts greatly surpass their book smarts. I believe that instructors can strengthen students’ book smarts by encouraging them to write‚ read‚ think‚ and learn about personal areas of interest. They can accomplish this by taking
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Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
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