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(Some)
Organizational Theory
for Learning Organizations
in the Digital Age
Kurt Lewin
Nothing is quite so practical
as a good theory!
Source: Schreyögg, modified.
An organization is
a socio-technical system
with specific purpose,
defined division of labour,
and stable borders.
Owner
Organization
Purpose
Hierarchy
Customers &
Stakeholders
Customers &
Stakeholders
See also Deming, W.E.: Out of the Crisis. 1982.
If you can‘t describe
what you are doing
as a process
you don‘t know
what you‘re doing!
Organization
Customers &
Stakeholders
Customers &
Stakeholders
Owner
Purpose
Hierarchy
Processes
See also Taylor, F.W.: The Principles of Scientific Management. 1911.
1st Principle: Develop a
science for each element
of work to replace the old
rule-of-thumb method!
Organization
Source: Ford.
VUCA VUCA VUCA VUCAAVUCAVUCAVUC AVU
CAVUCAVUC
Learning
Organization
Customers &
Stakeholders
Customers &
Stakeholders
Owner
Purpose
Hierarchy Informal Org.
Processes
See also Katzenbach, J., Khan, Z.: Leading Outside the Lines. 2010.
SOCIAL
E-LEARNING
LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES
OF PRACTICE
SOCIAL
TEAMS
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
An organized courseor programmeinvolving socialinteraction
A group of peoplebrought together tolearn from oneanother
A group of peoplecoming together toimprove theirpractice
A defined work orproject team
Connecting withothers around theworld
formal learning informal learning
scheduled learning continuous learning
Source: Jane Hart, modified.
Input ResultsGTD WOL
References
Planning
AARAtomic
Learning
Organization
See also Drucker, P.: Management Challenges for the 21st Century. 1999.
The most important, and indeed the truly unique,
contribution of management in the 20th century
was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of
the manual worker in manufacturing. The most
important contribution management needs to
make in the 21st century is similarly to increase
the productivity of knowledge work and
knowledge workers.
AND
KEEPCALM
LEARNON
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