At 08:33 AM 23/1/96 -0600, Myrna Casebolt wrote:
>Joan Schraith Cole wrote:
>So, from this standpoint, I'm interested in learning what can be done by
>people at the bottom of the food chain to be "change agents" -- or does
>the theory of learning organizations just address management?
>
I think that we are very strongly locked into thinking that managmeent
"owns' and organisation. That is partly because it is very much easier to
think of it that way. Once management decides, others act, don't they. And
when we want changes, then we need decisions. When you look at the bottom,
there are a lot of different types of people with different interests and
likley to decide in a lot of different ways. Even they often want others
to make decisions, because they are not in a position to. Basically, we
generally don't have the skills to form a coherence out of a diversity.
One of the reasons is that we value our individuality too much. Its much
simpler just to work with the hierarchy.
Yours
Gray Southon
-- Gray Southon Consultant in Health Management Research and Analsysis 15 Parthenia St., Caringbah, NSW 2229, Australia Ph/Fax +61 2 524 7822 em gsouthon@ozemail.com.au