How does a Nation learn? LO16089

Gray Southon (gsouthon@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:56:33 +1100 (EST)

Replying to LO16087 --

Simon,

Could you expand a little on what you mean by incentives and incentivising?

My experience is that incentives can easily become boundaries that limit
independence.

Gray Southon

>I V N S Raju asks in LO16064 "How does a Nation learn?"
>
>I think that a nation learns in the same way as an individual,
>organization or any other entity learns- through independence and
>incentives. These are the two things that must be present for learning to
>be present- the learning entity must be motivated to learn through
>incentives and they must have the independence- the ability to explore
>learning opportunities.
>
>Incentives without independence means the learning entity comes up against
>barriers and structures that hinder effective space for exploration
>"spielungsraum". Independence without incentives is laziness and
>stagnation.

Gray Southon
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