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(Some)

Organizational Theory

for Learning Organizations

in the Digital Age

Kurt Lewin

Nothing is quite so practical

as a good theory!

Source: Schreyögg, modified.

An organization is

a socio-technical system

with specific purpose,

defined division of labour,

and stable borders.

Owner

Organization

Purpose

Hierarchy

Customers &

Stakeholders

Customers &

Stakeholders

See also Deming, W.E.: Out of the Crisis. 1982.

If you can‘t describe

what you are doing

as a process

you don‘t know

what you‘re doing!

Organization

Customers &

Stakeholders

Customers &

Stakeholders

Owner

Purpose

Hierarchy

Processes

See also Taylor, F.W.: The Principles of Scientific Management. 1911.

1st Principle: Develop a

science for each element

of work to replace the old

rule-of-thumb method!

Organization

Source: Ford.

VUCA VUCA VUCA VUCAAVUCAVUCAVUC AVU

CAVUCAVUC

Learning

Organization

Customers &

Stakeholders

Customers &

Stakeholders

Owner

Purpose

Hierarchy Informal Org.

Processes

See also Katzenbach, J., Khan, Z.: Leading Outside the Lines. 2010.

SOCIAL

E-LEARNING

LEARNING

COMMUNITIES

COMMUNITIES

OF PRACTICE

SOCIAL

TEAMS

SOCIAL

NETWORKING

An organized courseor programmeinvolving socialinteraction

A group of peoplebrought together tolearn from oneanother

A group of peoplecoming together toimprove theirpractice

A defined work orproject team

Connecting withothers around theworld

formal learning informal learning

scheduled learning continuous learning

Source: Jane Hart, modified.

Input ResultsGTD WOL

References

Planning

AARAtomic

Learning

Organization

See also Drucker, P.: Management Challenges for the 21st Century. 1999.

The most important, and indeed the truly unique,

contribution of management in the 20th century

was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of

the manual worker in manufacturing. The most

important contribution management needs to

make in the 21st century is similarly to increase

the productivity of knowledge work and

knowledge workers.

AND

KEEPCALM

LEARNON

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