BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL 1997 TO ALL OF YOU!
(fyi: in this part of the world, 1997 is equated with Hong Kong returning
to China - history in the making and an interesting issue to follow)
A few weeks ago I had posted a request for ideas on a text book for a
Diploma course in Learning Organisations. Thanks to those of who who
responded, and what follows is a summary of those respnses.
By the way, in the process I learned something: summarizing to the list
doesn't seem like such a good idea. In an attempt to make everyone's life
easier with a nice summary of books, the results have been
counterproductive. I couldn't post all of the text of all replies (too
much text), and I don't trust my editing skills. So it seems like posting
responses directly to the list may be advantageous in most cases.
A quick comment: IMO, the quality of the dialogue on this list continues
to improve and so thanks to all of you and to Rick for the shared wisdom.
Here's the list:
>May I recommend the following:
>1. Ralph D. Stacey, Complexity and creativity in organizations,
>Berrett-Koehler
>2. Ralph D. Stacey, Strategic management & organisational dynamics,
>Pitman
>3. Chris Argyris, Overcoming organisational defenses, Prentice Hall
>Lim, HweeSing
> How about Chris Argyis, Learning Organizations?
> Juan Robertson
> Michael Marguadt and Angus Reynolds, The Global Learning Organization
> from Robert Ingram (see extensive summary from Dec 26th posting)
> Not as a text, but as a good reference, a new book coming out in February:
> Systems Thinking Basics: From Concepts to Causal Loops
> from Laurie Johnson, Pegasus Communication, 1-800-272-0945
>Here are a couple pieces that I thought I might use in the context you
>described:
> - Sarita Chawla and John Renesch (eds) LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS:
> DEVELOPING CULTURES FOR TOMORROW'S WORKPLACE(Featuring the
> Writings of Fred Kofman, Peter Senge, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Charles
Handy, and many others. Productivity Press, Inc., 1995.
> - Michael E. McGill and John W. Slocum, Jr. THE SMARTER
> ORGANIZATION: HOW TO BUILD A BUSINESS THAT LEARNS AND ADAPTS
> TO MARKETPLACE NEEDS. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
> - David A. Garvin. "Building a Learning Organization", HARVARD
> BUSINESS REVIEW. July-August, 1993.
>> - Edgar H. Schein. STRATEGIC PRAGMATISM: THE CULTURE OF
> SINGAPORE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD. Cambridge, MA: The
> MIT Press, 1996. Also Schein's "On Dialogue, Culture, and
Organizational Learning", ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS, Autumn, 1993).
>Regards, Debbie Roth
>
2 notes from Bob Vander Wilt
1. suuport your use of the 5th Discipline Fieldbook as a standalone; if
possible, it is great to use in tandem wioth the 5th Discipline. Bob
has used the Fieldbook as a standalone on a few occasions with great
success. At the end of each section, he has the students break into
groups and design a staff development activity that addresses the core
discipline. He then compiles and distributes all the activities and
hence the students leave with a bound text with many activities.
(sounds great)
2. just finished reading "A Simpler Way" from Meg Wheatley, a very
interesting book, but not a standalone text for a course.
Again thanks to all who responded. Regards,
Doug O'Loughlin
dougo@singnet.com.sg
--dougo@singnet.com.sg (Douglas O'Loughlin)
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