Doc responded to Gary's question:
> Is anyone aware of any resource information, systems, or tools that will
> help us to prioritize all identified learning needs?
with
>your group sounds very wise and energetic. I'm sure that someone on this
>listing can probably point you in the right direction, and I know that I'm
>not that right person. What I do know, though, reading your e-missive, is
>that your group probably knows best what it needs to learn right now--and
>how to prioritize those things. Sometimes, when you're moving into new
Doc and Gary,
Let me quickly endorse Doc's reply that the best source is those
people who are themselves involved. Anything else smacks of going back to
the "good ole days" of *scientific management* when human workers
(by-and-large) were perceived as critters generally incapable of *really*
thinking for themselves.
Even though we still, in many ways, succumb to our cultural
training which may reflect that attitude, we've come to realize the huge
amount of energy and resources thinking human being bring to ANY effort.
I'm quickly reminded of June Main's comments which immediately
preceeded Doc's contribution on the lates digest where she wished that
folk who had responsibility for encouraging learning could adopt a
collaborative style that fits with that human potenti al and amazing
ability.
I'm going on too long.
Anyhow Doc, Gary, and others.
My caveat to Doc's comment is this: If a human being is
absolutely convinced that solving a partiular problem or group of problems
will TRULY BENEFIT that person (or persons), he/she will bend heaven and
earth to find the answers and WILL LEARN what is necessary to accomplish
whatever is required.
So, it seems to me, the caveat really is: the DESIRE to learn
must stem from my perception of my own self-interest (shades of Adam
Smith). And I'm using "self-interest" in the sense that Ayn Rand used it,
rather than our generally accepted idea that se lf-interest is a negative
factor.
Well. 'Nuff said.
Bye,
Bill Fisher, anbfishr@mail.ohio.net
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