Alan, I would approach this from a grounded methodology, utilizing OD
technology to develop the guidelines around which they wish to establish
boundaries. Simply put, what do they want the organization to look like,
to function as--and then build the competencies and capabilities to
support the vision.
As to examining the Moslem approach to learning--well, such a search must
include the learning work that was imbedded in the learning which the
Moors brought to Spain in the 700's (I believe). . . I wish I could get my
hands (quickly) on the citation, but I believe that Time magazine had an
article not long ago on the learning and erudition brought to the Iberian
peninsula by the Moors. . .and the toleration and flourishing of Judeo
influences in Toledo and Seville.
If, in fact, there is a theoretical model for developing an organization
to be a learning organization, the model would hold up in all
circumstances, including Islamic. I heard Chris Argyris say just last
week (in a conference) that if theory is true in one circumstance, it is
true in all. Not a valid theory if there are exceptions. . .
Sandy Wells
>I have been asked to help a small middle-eastern company develop its
>personnel and training policies.
>
>I come from an Anglo-Saxon Judeo-Christian tradition.
--"Sandy Wells" <sjwells@earthlink.net>
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