At 07:41 PM 10/28/97 -0700, Benjamin B. Compton wrote:
>The question, however, is at what level in the organization does such
>learning occur? At this point I must state that what I have to say from
>here on out is based on my experience in a high tech company, as an
>employee not as a manager. My conclusions, therefore, are, I'm afraid,
>short-sighted. But hopefully they will spark deeper conversation that will
>round them out.
The reason this keeps coming back to management is because management has
the power and responsibility to use or not use the ideas of all the
people. That is close to the only actual power they have. They either
manage attitude or try to make decisions. But the fact is which ever
choice they make it is attitude they are managing.
You right about the great insight coming from the floor but they can only
be used if managers allow it. Better yet encourage it.
Gene
At 07:41 PM 10/28/97 -0700, you wrote:
>In a recent off-line discussion with one of the members of this list I
>observed that much of the work done in the Learning Organization community
>focuses on management. There seems to be an assumption that learning
>begins with management. In Arie de Geus new book, "The Living Company" his
>first few chapters focus on how organizations can help their managers
>learn.
[...snip by your host...]
Eugene Taurman
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