replying to Debbie Broome Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 Subject: Management as
Metaphor LO8830
> What movie as a metaphor most closely captures management theory and why?
>"Dead Poets Society" with Robin Williams.
I agree, but isn't it also a warning about charismatic leaders in
conservative settings?
>I think Apollo 13 is an excellent example of how
>teams function within a learning organization. What is so interesting is
>that the traditionally hierarchical (and even militaristic) structure of
>NASA had to break into teams of practice in order to solve a life and
>death problem. What makes this even more interesting is that it really
>happened.
Drat! this is one of the biggies that I missed off my list. Just a little
observation: " ...had to break into teams of practice in order to..." is
exactly what Stuart Kaufmann would prescribe, based on his NK network
complexity research, as pointed up by Michael McMaster et al. IMHO any
organisation that can do this is getting one of the key learning
organisation things exactly right...
--from Arthur Battram, organiser of 'Tools for Learning', assisting local authorities to apply complexity concepts to learning apb@cityplex.demon.co.uk "complexity is in here... and simplicity is out there...if we want it to be..."
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