Reinterpreting the learning organisation Deb Stewart Introduction The concept of the learning organisation (LO) has gone through many combinations and permutations over the last decade in terms of theoretical development and attempts at practical application. The fervent interest in the LO stems from what Senge (1990; Senge et al.‚ 1994) calls the age of globalisation where one source of competitive advantage is the ability and rate at which an organisation can learn and react more quickly than
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Health is Wealth” is very much true. One must try hard to remain healthy ‚if we are healthy ‚we can easily fight with other problems of life. people do many different things to remain healthy .some go for healthy diet‚ other recommended exercise‚ and rest thinks health awareness is important ‚after all “Prevention is better than cure.” A healthy diet is very necessary to remain healthy. People must take care of their diet. Everybody should read the ingredients before buying
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What You Can Do to Control Ebola Ebola is now talked about across the globe. The fever and severe internal bleeding that are due to the disease are not only fatal‚ but there is also no complete or known cure at this time. Also‚ the disease is highly contagious as Ebola has not become contained‚ so this continues to alarm people around the world. Yet at a more personal level‚ the urgency of learning what to do about the control of Ebola and how to not become infected are all key to staying safe
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AIESEC AIESEC history What began in 1948 as an organization to help develop "friendly relations" between member countries is now a global association with activities in 91 different countries and territories. The founding members of AIESEC started to build the organization between 1946 - 1948‚ but a clear identity was defined in 1948 89 students participated in the Exchange Program in 1949 and Exchange was defined as the core activity of the organization. In the coming years more and more
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What Would You Do to Be Successful Being a kid with a learning disability can be stressful and challenging in everyday school. I can understand the benefits of online schooling‚ because I experience what the students with learning disabilities go through on a daily basis. Online schooling benefits students that want to get done with schooling early‚ students with with learning disability‚ and some students that wanna be successful in life more. Students at Mona Shores would benefit more
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MECHANISTIC ORGANIZATIONS Metaphors create a method of thinking‚ it compares items of deferent characteristic showing similarities but not differences‚ recently shadow chancellor George Osborne criticising Gordon Brown‚ he said ’Gordon is a man with an overdraft‚ not a plan’ (Metro‚ October 28‚ 2008). Here we can see that the word overdraft is used to describe some of the present characteristics of Gordon Brown in relation to spending. Various metaphors have been used by different writers to
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Importance of Learning Organization A learning organization works with ideas i.e. it comes up with new ideas on all levels‚ disseminates these new ideas across the organization and finally inculcates these new ideas into operations by embedding them in its policies processes and reviews. It has structured mechanisms and processes put in place to generate knowledge and it takes this new knowledge as a basis of responding to the change in its business environment. A learning organization as per its
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retrieved (15.10.10) • Reliable Plant (nd): A look into Toyota’s learning organization from http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/13439/toyota-learning-organization Date retrieved (15.10.10) • Wikipedia ( 19.08.2010) The Toyota Way from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way Date Retrieved (15.10.10) • OPPAPERS (nd) Toyota Motor Corporation Organization Strategies from http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Toyota-Motor-Corporation-Organization-Strategies/128561 Date Retrieved (15.10.10) • MAC The manufacturing
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Analysis of “But What Do You Mean?” Deborah Tannen has written several books and many articles on the importance of communications in social and business relationships. In the essay “But What Do You Mean” Deborah focuses on many of the communication rituals found in the work environment and how they’re viewed differently between men and women. Deborah’s views tend to unfairly paint men as the aggressor and women the innocent victims in the workplace. It begs the question‚ are men just mean and
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Bullying: What Can You Do? Bullying in America used to be a rite of passage for kids of all ages‚ something that everyone went through‚ and survived‚ coming out none the worse in the end. I remember going through it. It wasn’t easy‚ and I had to endure quite a bit of it because of what I looked like‚ even as a seemingly regular kid. But I survived‚ nonetheless‚ and came out better for it‚ more empathetic‚ and more sensitive to the needs of those around me who may not have been able to find
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