1) Define a learning organization. According to Peter M. Senge‚ a learning organization is “an organization where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire‚ where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured‚ where collective aspiration is set free‚ and where people are continually learning how to learn together”. It is an organization wherein there is continuous expanding of knowledge‚ people or businesses learning from one another and capacity to
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In his book The Fifth Discipline‚ Peter Senge emphasizes his model of a "learning organization‚" which he defines as "an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future." A learning organization excels at both adaptive learning and generative learning. Senge describes five disciplines that are necessary for a learning organization. "Learning organization" is a catchphrase covering the ideal of an organization built on vision‚ teamwork‚ openness‚ flexibility‚ ability
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Lecture 4 The Law of Fifth Discipline Today lecture begins with a qualitative discussion of 11 Laws of the Fifth Discipline; 1. Today’s problem comes from yesterday solution 2. The harder you push the harder the system pushes back 3. Behavior grows better before it grows worse 4. The easy way out usually leads back in 5. The cure can be worse than the disease 6. Faster is slower 7. Cause and effect not closely related in time and space 8. Small changes can produce
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The Fifth Discipline The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Part I “Give Me a Lever Long Enough …and Single-handedly I Can Move the World” ? From a very early age‚ we are taught to break apart problems‚ to fragment the world ? The tools and ideas that are presented in this book are for destroying the illusion that the world is created of separate‚ unrelated forces ? As the world becomes more interconnected and business becomes more complex and dynamic‚ work must become more “learningful”
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Ch1: Disciplines of the Learning Organization Systems Thinking Personal Mastery Mental Models Building Shared Vision Team Learning Ch2: Does your team have a Learning Disability? The seven learning disabilities of an organization I am my position - only own results from my little group. Can only do this job and it’s the only one that matters. The enemy is out there - not my fault The illusion of taking charge - proactiveness should not be pre-emptive attack. Should come from seeing how
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The Fifth Discipline Peter M Senge Publisher: Currency Doubleday – 1990 Introduction The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be those that discover how to tap people’s commitment and develop the capacity to learn at all levels in an organization. Deep down‚ people are learners. No one has to teach an infant to learn. In fact‚ no one has to teach infants anything. They are intrinsically inquisitive‚ masterful learners. Learning organizations are possible because at heart we
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The Laws of the Fifth Discipline Peter Senge’s 11 Laws of the Fifth Discipline are the following: 1. Today’s problems come from yesterday’s “solutions.” 2. The harder you push‚ the harder the system pushes back. 3. Behavior will grow worse before it grows better. 4. The easy way out usually leads back in. 5. The cure can be worse than the disease. 6. Faster is slower. 7. Cause and effect are not closely related in time and space. 8. Small changes can produce big results but the areas of
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Discipline is of the utmost importance in order to ensure the efficiency of the military organization as a whole as well that of the individual units. Efficiency helps to ensure that goals are met and that the highest level of profeesionalism is maintained at all times. The level of discipline directly affects a soldier’s conduct so the two concepts are directly related and of equal importance. Discipline is important in life as well as in the Army. The core values of the British Army are: courage
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Chapter 5: DISCIPLINE 1. Definition. a. According to the dictionary‚ discipline is: 1. Training that is expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior‚ especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training. 3. A systematic method to obtain obedience. 4. A state of order based upon submission to rules and authority. 5. To train by instruction and control. b. Discipline is a learned behavior. It is much more than
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As been reviewed by Rohan Nagwekar‚ in The Fifth Discipline written by Peter Senge‚ Learning organization was defined as “a place where people continually expand their capacity to create results they truly desire‚ where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured‚ where collective aspiration is set free and where people are continually learning how to learn”. The core of a learning organisation’s work was based upon five learning disciplines and they represented lifelong programs of learning
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