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THOUGHTS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

THOUGHTS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION. Patrick Sweeney, PhD University of Dayton April 9, 2001. Senge’s Five Disciplines. Personal Mastery Mental Models Shared Vision Team Learning System Thinking. LO Definitions. Continually expanding its capacity to create a future.

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THOUGHTS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION

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  1. THOUGHTS ON THELEARNING ORGANIZATION Patrick Sweeney, PhD University of Dayton April 9, 2001 Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  2. Senge’s Five Disciplines • Personal Mastery • Mental Models • Shared Vision • Team Learning • System Thinking Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  3. LO Definitions • Continually expanding its capacity to create a future. • An ingrained philosophy to anticipate and react. • A willingness to learn from experiments. • An ability to take effective action. • The presence of detection & correction. Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  4. Strategic Development Initiative • Strategic Plan • What you plan to accomplish & by when. • Organizational Learning Plan • What you want to learn. • Assessment Plan • Defines what is to be measured & how. Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  5. A LO Process • Acquire New Knowledge • Focus on Product and Process • Document Knowledge • Disseminate Knowledge • Align Resources with Value-Chain • Develop Appropriate Skills Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  6. LO Core Competencies • Scan the Environment • Respond to Performance Gaps • Collaboratively Develop Measures of Merit • Encourage Experimentation • Support Climate Openness • Commit to Continuous Education • Support Operational Variety Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  7. LO Core Competencies (cont.) • Engage in Participative Management • Empower Multiple Advocates • Encourage Systems Perspectives • THE BOTTOM LINE….. • Knowledge • Acquisition • Sharing • Utilization Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  8. Barriers to LO • Trust…the essential foundation. • Resources….lack of $, time, people. • Competence….includes interpersonal skills. • Attitude….genuine in commitment to learn. • Culture….entrenched norms, DM processes. • Role Clarity….authority/responsibility. • Politics….causes cynicism. • Data….lack of access. Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  9. LO and Genius Thinking • Genius and IQ • What is one-half of 13? Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  10. One-Half of 13 • 6.5 • 1 / 3 and 1 and 3 • Thir teen = 4 • (1 + 3)/2 = 2 • XI / II = 11 and 2 • XIII/2 = VIII = 8 Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  11. LO and Genius Thinking • Genius and IQ • What is one-half of 13? • Productive vs. Reproductive Thinking • Skewed by past experience Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  12. The 8 Genius Strategies • Look at problems in many ways. • Visualize thoughts…draw • Produce…fail,fail,win,fail,win,win,fail • Novel combinations…food,purple,steel • Force relationships…republicans/demos • Think in opposites…go against the tide • Think metephorically…analogies • Prepare for chance…stuff happens Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  13. Test Your Genius          Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  14. Rows or Columns?          Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  15. The LO and ASC/EN • What is ASC/EN doing in support of being a Learning Organization? • What are the impediments to being a LO? • What should be done? Patrick Sweeney, PhD

  16. THE END Patrick Sweeney, PhD

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