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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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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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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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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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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Personal Knowledge = Personal Mastery How well does one know themselves? How will one lead? How are these questions related? In the topic of Personal Mastery the two questions are the yin and yang of leadership. Theory being a leader‚ who wants to be a good person‚ will inevitably be the good leader he wanted to be. The recipe for Personal Mastery is‚ creating a personal vision of what one wants‚ maintaining a clear view of the challenges before oneself and the road ahead of one‚ allowing
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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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learn at all levels. Senge proposes five disciplines and states that it is important that the five disciplines develop as a whole because having to integrate all the five disciplines would really be beneficial for all and for the success of the business. He acknowledged that it is challenging to integrate several things all at the same time considering that a single discipline is not easy for companies to begin and do with. 2) What are the 5 disciplines/characteristics of a learning organization
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Personal Mastery Paper Core Values In attempting to examine my inner core values I first need to define what this actually means to me. What are core values? Are they the personal standards about how we live and treat others. And if so‚ do the order of these values differ from work to family to recreation? I believe that my core values define me and are responsible for my decision‚ set very early in life‚ to pursue a career in healthcare. My most important inner core value is that of integrity
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Personal Mastery and Systems Thinking in Education Nickelette L. Parrish Brandman University College In partial fulfillment of the requirements for OLCU 602 Dr. Kandy Simmons December 9th‚ 2012 Introduction There is a great deal for any organization to learn‚ and it all must happen among the individuals of that organization. As Peter Senge points out in‚ The Fifth Discipline‚ (2006)‚ organizations learn only through individuals who learn. Individual learning does not necessarily equal
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