Knowledge Ecology University invites you to participate in either or both
of the following two virtual courses:
1. Increasing an Organization's Intelligence
http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/cc/98f3.shtml
taught by Michael McMaster
November 2-14, 1998
2. Communities of Practice
http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/cc/98f1.shtml
taught by Etienne Wenger, Ph.D.
November 16 to December 1, 1998
1. In the "Organizational Intelligence" course you will develop a basic
understanding of how to:
* Move from current levels of intelligence to its powerful, self-generating
increase
* Engage the whole organization in removing obstacles to its intelligence
* Lead an intelligent organization
* Engage the whole population of an organization in supporting such crucial
initiatives as communities of practice and generation of knowledge
The instructor, Michael McMaster, is author of:
"The Intelligence Advantage: Organizing for Complexity"
http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/oi/books/tia/
"The Praxis Equation: Design Principles for Intelligent Organization"
http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/oi/books/odp/
Michael has been a member of the Santa Fe Institute, produced and led
international conferences on Complexity and Strategy: The Intelligent
Organization in '95 and Complexity and Technology: Organizing for
Innovation in '97.
2. In the "Communities of Practice" course you will learn:
* What communities of practice are and what they are good for
* How they have the potential of becoming part of a knowledge strategy
* What it takes to foster and sustain them
* What the fundamental "infrastructures of knowing" are
* What it really means to "manage" knowledge
* How to address the challenges and opportunities of new technologies
Etienne Wenger, PhD, is a globally recognized thought leader in the field
of learning theory and its applications to business. He is a pioneer of the
"communities of practice" research and author of Communities of Practice:
Learning, Meaning, and Identity
http://www.co-i-l.com/coil/bookstore/ctcw.shtml
(Cambridge University Press, 1998). His seminal work on communities of
practice has been featured in Fortune and Training magazines.
Tuition is $450 per course.
10% discount applies if you register to both courses,
group discount also available
Please register at:
http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/keu/reg/index.shtml#form
George Por
Founder and Sr. Consultant of Community Intelligence Labs,
http://www.Co-I-L.com,
the home of "knowledge ecology": http://www.KnowledgeEcology.com/
"Life's natural tendency to create new connections and new relationships
leads to new and surprising capacities." (A Simpler Way, by Margaret
Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers)
--"Michael McMaster" <mdmcmas@ibm.net>
Learning-org -- Hosted by Rick Karash <rkarash@karash.com> Public Dialog on Learning Organizations -- <http://www.learning-org.com>