Learning Organization: Why is it important to Organizations? By Subodh Shakya Learning is at the heart of a company’s ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment. * John Browne (CEO‚ British Petroleum Company) Introduction of Learning Organization Learning‚ today‚ has become the essential part of our life. People who fail to learn new things‚ skills or acquire new knowledge have limited probability to success. The same applies to the organizations also. Organizations
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What is nurture vs. nature? According to dictionary.com the definition of nurture is to support and encourage‚ as during the period of training or development; foster; and nature means the material world‚ especially as surrounding humankinds and existing independently of human activities. When you first hear the word nurture what’s the first thing that comes to mind? This word can mean a lot of things when you observe the definition of this word. While reading different articles they all seem to
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Where Argyris and Schön were the first to propose models that facilitate organizational learning‚ the following literatures have followed in the tradition of their work: Argyris and Schön (1978) distinguish between single-loop and double-loop learning‚ related to Gregory Bateson’s concepts of first and second order learning. In single-loop learning‚ individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations modify their actions according to the difference between expected and obtained outcomes. In double-loop learning
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Define personality .What do you understand by personality trait? Different people carry different personalities which differentiates one from another. Based on this fact‚ explain the personalities of the following people and which theory you can relate to their personalities: (a) Narendra Modi; (b) Mother Teresa; (c) A P J Abdul Kalam; (d) Sachin Tendulkar Personality:- Personality can be defined as consistency in a person’s way of being — that is‚ long-term consistency in their particular ways
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his or her direction‚ intensity and persistence of voluntary behaviour. As the captain has stated in the scenario that he is facing problem to find ways to motivate the employees. He doesn’t have any financial rewards at his disposal and since the nature of job is very boring and none of the employees find it interesting. It clearly shows that there is a lack of motivation amongst the employees 2.Ability There is reasons that led to the poor perception of not taking paper work seriously by the young
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ongoing‚ systematic process of implementing effective organizational change. OD is known as both a field of science focused on understanding and managing organizational change and as a field of scientific study and inquiry. It is interdisciplinary in nature and draws on sociology‚ psychology‚ and theories of motivation‚ learning‚ and personality. Although behavioral science has provided the basic foundation for the study and practice of OD‚ new and emerging fields of study have made their presence felt
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ORGANIZATION STUDY OF VENTURE LIGHTING INDIA LTD Report Submitted to MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY‚ KOTTAYAM In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award Of MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (2008 – 10) By NIBU JOHN THOMAS Register No -551 RAJAGIRI COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES RAJAGIRI VALLEY‚ KOCHI – 682 039 EVALUATION OF TRAINING DECLARATION I‚ Nibu John Thomas‚ Student of Rajagiri School of Management‚ Kochi‚ hereby declare that the organizational internship
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INTRODUCTION This essay focuses on two perspectives; modernist and postmodernist‚ each have their own interpretation of theories. They are analyzed in terms of power‚ conflict and control‚ physical and social organization structure‚ organization culture and their relationship with the environment. The theoretical framework will provide clear differences of the two perspectives whereas the analysis on Apple will provide a more comprehensive understanding on the application of theories from each perspective
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|ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT | LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Describe forces that act as stimulants to change. 2. Summarize sources of individual and organizational resistance to change. 3. Describe Lewin’s three-step change model. 4. Explain the values underlying most OD efforts 5. Identify properties of innovative
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Introduction An organizational culture is established by corporate firm to comprehend with the nature of the workplace. Organizational culture does not have an explicit definition although there have been academic researchers attempting to develop a deep understanding of the literature of managing culture. Organizational culture can be evolved from set of rules laid down from the founder of the organization and further developed to match the changes which are generated from the passage of time
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