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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References: Adams‚ J.A (1965) Inequity in social exchange. In L Berkowitz (Ed)‚ Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (vol. 2). New York: Academic Press‚ pp. 267 - 299. Alderfer‚ C. P. (1976). Change processes in organizations. In Dublin‚ R. (ed.). Handbook of work‚ organization‚ and society. Chicago: Rand McNally. Argyris‚ C. (1960) Understanding Organizational Behaviour‚ London: Tavistock Publications. Armstrong‚ M. and Murlis
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Cross-cultural social and organizational psychology. Annual Reviews Psychology‚ 47. 205-235. doi: 0066-4308/96/0201-0205. Jex‚ S.M.‚ & Britt‚ T.W. (2008). Organizational psychology: A scientist-practitioner approach (2nd ed.). Hoboken‚ NJ: Wiley. Schein‚ E.H. (1996). Culture: The missing concept in organization studies. Administrative Science Quarterly‚ 41(2). 229-240. doi: 0001-8392/96/4102-0229. Seijts‚ G.H.‚ & Latham‚ B.W. (2003). Creativity through applying ideas from fields other than one
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core values and a preparatory view of diversity management. Schein (2010)‚ defines organisational culture as incorporating three elements. One‚ the behaviour of employees within the workplace. Two‚ the manner in which members learn throughout the organisations evolution and three‚ the imported assumptions‚ beliefs and values of new members and leaders. Leadership has been described as a fundamental element of strong internal culture (Schein‚ 2010)‚ therefore‚ the strength of the internal culture is
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workplace and the research that has been undertaken in this field‚ notably by Douglas McGregor (theory y)‚ Frederick Herzberg (two factor motivation hygiene theory‚) Abraham Maslow (theory z‚ hierarchy of needs)‚ Elton Mayo (Hawthorne Experiments) Chris Argyris Rensis Likert and David McClelland (achievement motivation.) Why study and apply employee motivation principles? Quite apart from the benefit and moral value of an altruistic approach to treating colleagues as human beings and respecting human dignity
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Paul Fieldsend DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING Be able to critically assess own beliefs‚ attitudes and value systems THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BELIEFS‚ VALUE AND ATTITUDES Beliefs‚ attitudes and values are three little words that have and make a massive impact on who we are as individuals‚ who we are as people‚ and even how the world is viewed by ourselves and others. A belief is something that individuals or groups think‚ such as believing in a god. Where a Value would be the living life in the
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HUMAN RELATIONS ~(Group 3) * Within the business organization‚ it promotes pleasant and productive working relationships among employees. * Misconceptions about HR * 1. Human relations are merely a “common sense”. * 2. “Nice Guy” Philosophy * 3. Human relations weaken management authority and obstruct production. * 4. Human relations weaken unions. * 5. Human relations can be used to manipulate people. * 6. Human relations is merely for people at the bottom of the
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to be a straightforward endeavor‚ in practice it is filled with a multitude of issues: inconsistencies‚ half-truths‚ lies‚ assumptions‚ and misconceived notions. In their literary work‚ Organizational learning II: Theory‚ learning‚ and practice‚ Argyris & Schon (1996) identify some of the ways individuals in the work place communicate with each other and how sometimes what we do does not often correlate to our actions. They present four key
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Abstract Henry Schein is the world’s leading health care products and services provider‚ to office-based dental‚ medical and animal health practitioners. It is ranked # 296 according to A FORTUNE 500® Company and listed in the NASDAQ 100® Index. As a distributor of equipments to a physician‚ dentist‚ and veterinary practices had revenue approximately $9 billion and almost 16‚000 people are employed. Customer base of Henry Schein is more than 775‚000‚ which are being served directly or indirectly
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Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave the government power to force integration of education‚ by 1968 58% of black students remained in segregated schools. • President Johnsons Higher Education Act of 1965 increased the number of black students attending college/uni during the late 1960s and 1970s Important points to remember: The Brown Case (1954) Civil Rights Act (1964) Higher Education Act (1968) Transport Interstate Transport • An NAACP court case in 1946 successfully
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