INTRO & Application Of LO in BiH? LO19645

Thomas P. Dwyer (tdwyer@miz.ba)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 14:51:24 +0100

I am new to the list but not LO theory and issues. I am working for the
United Methodist Committee on Relief(UMCOR) in the former Yugoslavia doing
local non-governmental organization(NGO) development. I have colleagues
who do OD work in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors and was
subsequently made aware of this listserv. I hope to always be open to
learning and gaining new insights from whatever the source.

I am quite involved in my work here in Bosnia and quite honestly am doing
a lot of organizational dev. stuff with five local NGOs here which
encompasses all facets of their work and looking into doing some
for-profit subsidiary development with them.

I have a question for the list. I had a strategic planning session with
the orgs. at the end of aug.(I know...outdated) but there are some
organizational/relational issues that UMCOR will be addressing with the
orgs. I finally picked up Senge's book and devoured it. I was wondering if
you have heard of any application of this stuff cross-culturally? Here
everything from the past socialist system is all top-down and within the
political framework. I would rather by-pass going thru all this strategic
planning stuff and go right into implementing learning org. strategies
with these orgs. My superiors feel that these baby steps, so to speak are
needed. What do you think?

Thank you tremendously for any and all responses.

In Peace,

Thomas P. Dwyer
Community Development Officer
UMCOR
Jalijski put br. 5
72000 Zenica, BIH
387-072-24-122 phone/fax
tdwyer@miz.ba

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