To Gavin and the "Entropy-Learners",
Since I am in the same situation: Not having followed this conversation, I
apologize all the learners for bumping in suddenly. I tried to trace back
this list and soon enough realized that if I'll insist on my traditional
way, i.e. If I'll read what has been written so far, I'll probably miss
(again) the opportunity to join the conversation. With this dilemma in
mind, I took up the following strategy: I'll assume that Gavin's
contribution in L023125, sums up in some way, all what has been said till
now (fair enough to expect it from a "learning group").
[Host's Note: Judy, I'm glad you decided to write now instead of putting
it off until you had read everything... That might take a very long time.
I do wish we had good summaries posted here; that would help our
conversations by providing a grounding for further turns. But, a good
summary is hard to do and we don't see many. ..Rick]
I found myself fascinated by Gavin's summary, agreeing with his points,
and adopting easily his definitions, metaphors, and conclusions.
If we point out the development of Managerial Theories, at the second half
of this century, we can understand from another angle why Love, Fun and
Playfulness are disappearing from our lives, and why we must urgently do
our best to bring them back, and enable some LEARNING.
As Economy became more and more complicated - following the tremendous
developments in technology, more and more Managerial Knowledge was needed,
more and more CHANGE occured - hence, more and more LEARNING became a
must. Theories like TQM, MBV, TOC. .etc. and theories that fail to fall
into the "three letters" category, were all addressing the public demand
for Managerial Knowledge. Managers and Consultants postulated THEORIES
from their own (limmited by def.) experience together with a set of
metaphors from an established and structural discipline (Biology, Zoology,
Physics, Mechanics, Game Theory - you name it) to form a "Language" and
faciliate communication.
The rest is history, as we know - the market place is saturated by "thumb
rules". The market place is realizing the EF (Emotional Factor) as a
serious Attractor of this chaotic system.
Regards,
Judy
--Judy Meisels Tal <judyt@mail.netvision.net.il>
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