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A Systemic Approach to Processes of Power in Learning Organizations: Part I - Literature, Theory, and Methodology of Triple Loop Learning
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Flood, Robert L.; Romm, Norma R. A. – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to introduce a systemic approach to organizational learning "triple loop learning" (TLL) that addresses processes of power. Three equally important foci in our TLL are processes of design, processes of debate and processes of power. The focus on power aims to shift "power over" (power as…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Organizational Culture, Learning, Systems Approach
A Systemic Approach to Processes of Power in Learning Organizations: Part II - Triple Loop Learning and a Facilitative Intervention in the "500 Schools Project"
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Flood, Robert L.; Romm, Norma R. A. – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to give practical insights into the systemic approach to organizational learning "triple loop learning" (TLL; introduced in Part I) by reflecting on a facilitated research-and-intervention undertaken in South Africa as part of the "500 Schools Project". Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Organizational Culture, Learning, Systems Approach
A Systems Thinking Framework for Assessing and Addressing Malaria Locally: An Alternative to the Globalization of Anti-Malaria Policies
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Willis, Derek W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation analyzes a decision system that was used in the early 1900s in the Federated Malay States (FMS) by Malcolm Watson in order to make anti-malaria program recommendations to decision makers in a wide range of ecological settings. Watson's recommendations to decision makers throughout the FMS led to a dramatic suppression of malaria…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Decision Making, Diseases, Disease Control
Decision Support Databases in Libraries: Three Cases and a Brief Review of Disparate Literatures
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Wheeler, William – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
This article is about how information is gathered in organizations to make decisions. There is actually a long history in economics on this topic, called the "economics of information," but this is a bare beginning on the topic for libraries, suggesting only a few patterns from observation and a few literatures that might help with the challenge.…
Descriptors: Libraries, Information Centers, Institutional Mission, Strategic Planning
Leading and Managing Disparate Generations in Cross-Cultural Learning Organizations
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Mujtaba, Bahaudin; Thomas, Gimol – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2005
The enclosed literature focuses on learning about the various generations of the workforce and techniques that employers can utilize to organize collaborative teams in today's multigenerational and multicultural workplaces. Trainers and teachers can use this material to provide effective skills for managers that deal with a multi-generation of…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Employees, Organizational Culture, Learning
Competency Bases Learning: Technology, Management, and Design.
Davies, Ivor K. – 1973
Teachers need a framework for decision-making; this book supplies criteria against which they can weigh choices about alternative courses of action and encourages systematic instructional design by encouraging them to think about the overall educational effort. The underlying assumptions are that teachers overteach, that poor organization by the…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavioral Objectives, Books, College Faculty