Criteria for "Learning Organization" LO29652

From: Mark Feenstra (mark@practicefield.org)
Date: 12/04/02


Re LO 29630

Hi Rick, Mark and fellow learners

Interesting exchange thankyou!

I suggest, for the purposes of this forum, that by their learning learners
create knowledge about how to take effective action to create the results
they desire.

Knowledge is a fruit of their learning. The quality of this knowledge is a
direct function of the quality of their learning. The value of such
knowledge can be found by assessing its utility to assist learners to
apply this knowledge in the future to create results they desire.

A second fruit of their learning is the results they create, which will be
what they desire if the necessary ingredients are applied appropriately,
as Mark points out. A couple of further important ingredients in the
process of creating desired results might be any relevant contextual
circumstances over which learners have little/no influence and the quality
of the systems and processes underpinning the way work is done that
learners were not free to change.

In the context of such ingredients I think it is important to acknowledge
that learning can be very high quality but that due to constraints over
which learners have no influence the results may be poor. Nevertheless the
quality of the resulting knowledge may be very high.

Rick, would you say that learning was taking place in such a context?

Hmmm :-)...

Warm regards

Mark Feenstra

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