science knowledge at various levels (group‚ intergroup‚ and total organization) to bring about planned change (Newstrom & Davis‚ 1993) Growth of Organization Development OD continues to grow. Some of the first generation contributors include Chris Argyris (learning and action science)‚ Warren Bennis (tied executive leadership to strategic change)‚ Edger Schein (process approach)‚ and Robert Tannenbaum (sensitize OD to the personal dimension of participant’s lives). Second Generation contributors
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Teaching Smart People How to Learn Chris Argyris A Chris Argyris James Bryant Conant Professor Harvard Business School 4 © 1991 Harvard Business Review. Distributed by The New York Times Special Features/Syndication Sales. ny company that aspires to succeed in the tougher business environment of the 1990s must rst resolve a basic dilemma: success in the marketplace increasingly depends on learning‚ yet most people don’t know how to learn. What’s more‚ those members of the organization
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Kotler The Age of Discontinuity (1969) Peter F. Drucker The Peter Principle (1969) Laurence Peter The Seventies Up the Organization (1970) Robert Townsend The Nature of Managerial Work (1973) Henry Mintzberg Organizational Learning (1978) Chris Argyris & Donald Schön
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behind the machine‚ individual as well as group relationships‚ and social aspects. This approach was pioneered by Mayo and his associates (1933). It was further extended to the behavioral sciences approach‚ pioneered by Abraham Maslow (1968‚ 1971)‚ Chris Argyris (1957)‚ Douglas McGregor (1960)‚ and Rensis Likert (1961). The quantitative approach (which developed during World War II and believes in economic effectiveness to solve business
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your own work experience Henri Fayol Henry Mintzberg Charles Handy Tom Burns G.Pfeffer and G.Salancik Geert Hofstede Tom Peters Rosa Beth Kanter H. Simon Edgar Schein W.Powell Chris Argyris Peter Senge Michael Porter The Five Forces Tanzania’s Textile Industry Gareth Morgan Paul Drucker Block and Week Number People Theories/concepts/models Block 1 Week1 - Introduction • Kurt Lewin • Mentioned within
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------------------------------------------------- Triple Loop Learning From Thorsten’s Wiki Jump to: navigation‚ search The concept of Triple Loop Learning is explained by Chris Argyris. Wierdsma and Swieringa also take this as a fundamental concept to explain what a learning organization does. Hargrove also uses it in his books on Masterfull Coaching Contents[hide] * 1 Model * 2 Single-Loop Learning * 3 Double-Loop Learning * 4 Triple-Loop Learning | -------------------------------------------------
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Running Head: The Leader as a Social Architect: Organizational Learning Concept Integration Paper 3: Group 4‚ Question B Introduction The learning organization is an idea to which organizations have to evolve in order to be able to respond to the various pressures they face. This type of organization is characterized by recognition that individual and collective learning are key (Smith‚ 2001). Many of the concepts in organizational learning literature are rooted in metaphors about individual
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E. Article Summaries Teaching Smart People how to Learn By Chris Argyris The author contends that most successful people are adept at solving problems‚ but they don’t really know how to learn. They are able to solve problems and overcome many organizational obstacles‚ but when it comes down to examining why there are obstacles and looking at the underneath dynamics of the problem they are unsuccessful. They lack introspection and the ability to see their own part in the problem and hence
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Why Did ABC Fail at the Bank of China? BY ABED AL-NASSER ABDALLAH‚ PH.D.‚ AND WEI LI UNLESS TOP OF USING MANAGEMENT LENDS ITS SUPPORT‚ EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE MODELS ARE TESTED‚ AND COSTS/BENEFITS ARE DETERMINED‚ IMPLEMENTATIONS COULD FAIL. ABC‚ ABC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Few authors have explored the implementation of activity-based costing (ABC) in East Asian companies. This study investigates factors that led to the failure of an ABC implementation at a major Chinese
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References: Argyris‚ Chris (1990). Overcoming Organizational Defenses. New York‚ Allyn and Bacon. Argyris‚ Chris (1991). “Teaching Smart People How to Learn.” Harvard Business Review (May-June): 99109. Argyris‚ Chris (1993). Knowledge for Action: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change. San Fransicso‚ CA‚ Jossey-Bass‚ Inc. Baker‚ George P.‚ Michael
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