Bobbie: I don't know if this helps, but if you're teaching the principles
of the learning organization and want to get students doing things, I
might suggest that you don't simply rely on materials developed to teach
this concept. If the notion of learning organizations has value, then you
should be able to use it with any case studies. For example, you might
take any management text with decent cases in it, and analyze them using
the systems view, create looping diagrams, use the archetypes, look for
how there were or were not shared understandings and so on. In other words
use the principles of the LO to make more sense of conventional case
materials that are used in management classes. What you want is for
students to take these ideas and be able to use them in whatever
situations they find themselves in. Maybe this is a way to do that.
Good luck,
John Woods
jwoods@execpc.com
>Hi all,
>
>As I mentioned a long time ago I am giving a course (for the first time)
>on LO to MA students in an "educational Administration and Policy" track.
>The course is a year long one, now in it's 5th week. The problem is, I
>have an uncomfortable feeling that we are doing too much "talking" and
>not enough "Doing". Any suggestions about how to get them experiencing
>(we're going to do a version of the beer game next week)? Please, don't
>suggest the fieldbook because I haven't managed to locate it in the
>country and it takes forever to order it.
>
>Anything you have to offer will be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Bobbie
>
>Bobbie Turniansky E - M A I L
-- jwoods@execpc.com (John Woods)