Learning Organizations

by Chawla, Sarita; Renesch, John

• ISBN13: 9781563271106
• ISBN10: 1563271109
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Productivity Pr

Summary

Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace contains essays by thirty-nine of the most respected practitioners and scholars on this topic. This definitive collection of essays is rich in concept and theory as well as application and example.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
Introduction: Beginner's Mind	1	(10)
Sarita Chawla
PART ONE: GUIDING IDEAS	11	(112)
Communities of Commitment: The Heart of Learning Organizations	15	(30)
Fred Kofman
Peter Senge
Managing the Dream	45	(12)
Charles Handy
Ahead of the Wave: Valuing Gender Perspectives in Learning Cultures	57	(14)
Marilynne Anderson
Mastering Change	71	(14)
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
The Renaissance of Learning in Business	85	(16)
John W. Thompson
The Transformational Leader: The Wellspring of the Learning Organization	101	(10)
Jayme Rolls
Why Smart Organizations Don't Learn	111	(12)
Lisa J. Marshall
Sandy Mobley
Gene Calvert
PART TWO: THEORIES/METHODS/PROCESSES	123	(152)
Story
Stories for Learning: Exploring Your Circumstance	127	(16)
Diane Cory
Paula Underwood
The Seventh Story: Extending Learning Organizations Far Beyond the Business	143	(10)
Barbara Shipka
Dialogues
Dialogue: Capacities and Stories	153	(14)
Judy Brown
Mindshift: Strategic Dialogue for Breakthrough Thinking	167	(18)
Sherrin Bennett
Juanita Brown
Language as Action: Linking Metaphors with Organization Transformation	185	(12)
Susan J. Bethanis
Coaching
Generative Coaching: A Surprising Learning Odyssey	197	(20)
Kendall Murphy
Systems
Building Learning Laboratories to Create More Effective Distributed Decision Making	217	(12)
W. Brian Kreutzer
FASTBreak™: A Facilitation Approach to Systems Thinking Breakthroughs	229	(14)
David P. Kreutzer
Tools
The DNA of the Learning Organization	243	(14)
Robert Dilworth
Wisdom at Work: An Inquiry into the Dimensions of Higher Order Learning	257	(18)
Dr. Joel Levey
Michelle Levey
PART THREE: INFRASTRUCTURE	275	(106)
Learning Communities: An Alternative to the ``Expert Model''	279	(14)
Stephanie Ryan
Learning Out of Context	293	(12)
Eric Edwards Vogt
Vitalizing Work Design: Implementing a Developmental Philosophy	305	(18)
Carol Sanford
Development Strategies for the Knowledge Era	323	(14)
Linda E. Morris
The Faster Learning Organization (FLO)	337	(14)
Bob Guns
Managerial Practice Fields: Infrastructures of a Learning Organization	351	(14)
Daniel H. Kim
Learning as an Organization: A Journey Into Chaos	365	(16)
David R. Schwandt
PART FOUR ARENAS OF PRACTICE	381	(120)
The Challenge of Stewardship: Building Learning Organizations in Healthcare	385	(18)
Alain Gauthier
Restructuring Education: Designing Tomorrow's Workplace	403	(14)
John H. Wood
Transforming Mental Models through Formal and Informal Learning: A Guide for Workplace Educators	417	(14)
Robert Weintraub
Leadership, Quality and the U. S. Navy	431	(14)
Robert L. Masten
Case Studies:
Organizational Learning: Medical Metaphor and Corporate Practice	445	(18)
Alan K. Graham
Shared Values: Nutrients for Learning	463	(14)
Frank Hoffmann
Bill Withers
Creating a Learning Organization By Accident	477	(12)
Mary Byrd
Beyond Ego to Wisdom: The Eicher Experience	489	(12)
Dinesh Chandra
Conclusion Reflections of Learning from a Gathering	501	(8)
Sarita Chawla
Recommended Reading and Resources	509	(17)
How to Contact Authors, Co-Authors, and Co-Editors	526	(3)
Index	529