ploys one of the guidelines to successfully implementing “the fad of the learning institution.” (Kezar)|
|The steering committee has several different ways to achieve an improved the curriculum.
||Move to a 4 credit system (only take 3-4 classes a semester); Delete the foreign language system; Restructure GRE requirements to fit the needs of modern students. (Katz & Kahn)|
|The Curriculum Committee researched peer institutions.
||The Committee engaged in systems thinking through identifying common trends among other institutions and attempted to develop a curriculum to maintain competitive advantage. (Senge)|
Other ResourcesThe Challenge of Organizational Learning - article from the Stanford Social Innovation Review on the barriers to organizational learning and strategies for overcoming them
On Organizations as Brains by Espen Andersen - summary of Morgan's chapter with connections to cognitive science as an expansion of the metaphor
Transforming Organizations into Social Brains - Peter Krause, a German professor and researcher of neurophysiology and experimental psychology discusses the use of his research to transform a business. (video below is Part 1 of 7 of him talking about his work)
Society for Organizational Learning - good resource to find out more
Quote of the Day:
Group: Shouldn't these terms be opposite? (Organizational Learning +Learning Organizations)
Anne: It makes sense to me. I'm left handed!