4.3 What's the relationship between Strategy and Organizational Learning?Or, as Mintzberg (1987) says: the key is not getting the right strategy but fostering strategic thinking. Or as Shell has leveraged the concept of Learning Organization in its credo "planning as learning" (de Geus 1988). Faced with dramatic changes and unpredictability in the world oil markets, Shell's planners realized a shift of their basic task: "We no longer saw our task...more
3. Politics and visionHere we need to note two key problem areas. First, there is a question of how Peter Senge applies systems theory. While he introduces all sorts of broader appreciations and attends to values - his theory is not fully set in a political or moral framework. There is not a consideration of questions of social justice, democracy and exclusion. His approach largely operates at the level of organizational interests. This is would...more
2.1 Does IT Impose Any Constraints on Organizational Learning?Huber (1991) notes that "it might be reasonable to conclude that more learning has occurred when more and more varied interpretations have been developed, because such development changes the range of the organization's potential behaviors..." (p.102). However, most extant information systems focus on the convergence of interpretation and are not geared for multiple interpretations Argyris (1977). Mason & Mitroff (1973), in their seminal article, had noted that the Lockean and Leibnitzian characteristic of the dominant MIS model as its limiting characteristics. These designs are based on the convergence of interpretations. In contrast, Kantian and Hegelian inquiry systems Churchman (1971) are needed for facilitating multiple interpretations. These systems also underlie the notion of "unlearning" Hedberg (1981) which implies discarding of "obsolete and misleading knowledge." While Kantian inquirer offers complementary interpretations, the Hegelian inquirer offers a "deadly enemy" contradictory interpretation. The dialectic of convergent and divergent inquiry facilitates the surfacing of hidden assumptions.Argyris (1977)...more
Abstract:In this paper, we introduced the origin of learning organizations. Then, we discussed what a recognized "learning organization" is and analyzed the advantages and weaknesses of a learning organization from our own experience. We also compared organization learning and learning organization. After combining our own experience with the...more
Mortgage Defaults Continue to Grow at Record RatesThe initial wave of toxic Subprime Mortgages that caused so many foreclosures and put so many REO (Real Estate Owned) properties on the market may have subsided - but the bursting of the housing bubble has caused so much chaos on Wall Street that the entire world economy suffered as a result.Now,...more
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