Implementing the Theorists LO20932

Gavin Ritz (garritz@xtra.co.nz)
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 20:27:51 +1200

Replying to LO20906 --

Just do something
Wait
and watch understand the outcomes
then act again
wait & watch & understand the outcomes
then act again
but be sure you know what you are trying to change

William Auvinen-Bray wrote:

> My question is how does a person implement theorists such as Senge,
> Covey, Drucker, Blanchard, and many others, in a learning (espoused)
> environment that adheres only to the status quo?
> I am currently (trying) to finish my graduate degree at Chapman
> University and I have been in nothing but a "up-hill" battle to complete
> this degree in organizational leadership. We are being instructed to be
> systematic thinkers, test the process, question all things until
> understood, but this could not be future from the truth when bringing what
> are the seen problems in then instruction to the administration or
> academic bodies. My rub is when learning these ideals how do you create a
> change environment from a subordinate position when all the people that
> "hold" the power "call the shots?" We have instructors that humiliate
> female students, are not there a hundred percent, have no classroom
> ability to instruct, and yet we as students are supposed to be
> understanding of this and progress toward our degree.

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