Working Structures LO15068

Scott Simmerman (SquareWheels@compuserve.com)
Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:06:29 -0400

Replying to LO15057 -- was: Intro -- Demetre Tziougras

Demetre, in his introduction in LO15057, refers to the issues of what are
some learning organizations:

>"My interest in LO is coming from a different angle, really not related
>to the practice of learning. I am interested in working structures."

and then explains that he doesn't see these "working structures" as
learning organizations. Guess that is part of the paradox of this
situation -- what should be learning organizations sometimes don't seem to
operate that way. Guess it is the essence of what we are discussing in
this list - how can we transform these into "learning structures."

There is no obvious answer and hundreds of potential approaches. The key
is to engage and enlist people on this sometimes very personal journey and
to do it on an organization-wide basis, with and without the support of
the management. Continuous, continuous improvement on a personal and
professional basis.

And I am most intrigued by the notion of The Friendly Local University and
will check out that website: http://www.interlog.com/~flucacad

All my personal and professional associations with university
organizations finds them awfully political and very far from an
open-to-change kind of "learning structure" and thus almost that
antithesis of an LO. Thus, I think the web will be a major threat to the
current "go to the university for an education" paradigm and is puching
forward major changes in our global educational processes. And a major
benefit for those individuals most interested in long-term continuous
continous improvement,

-- 
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