"Thomas P Benjamin" <BENJAMIN@anand.nddb.ernet.in> responded to my
question regarding the C&C Board & CEO and possible lessons for LO:
>....
>Learning Organisations are better geared to meet the challenges of the
>organisations market place in a changing environment. The organisation is
>either ready or not ready to embark on the process of 'enculturisation'
>as a LO. The Board and the CEO are entrusted with the stewardship of
>organisational purpose by its stake holders. These 'stewards' are probably
>key to the existing system of the organisation. If they are not ready
>there would hardly be any scope for making any dent in the system - as
>they would be blocks to any change. I would not be able to handle that. I
>don't know if this is an answer.
The real risk of the LO philosophy is that it will follow the normal
course for management "fads" - it will gradually prove successful and the
sponsoring CEOs will be publicized, then it will become fashionable and
"everyone" will claim to be doing LO, then when it does not prove to be
the magic elixir after 12 months, something new will be tried!
What can we do to prevent this trend that has happened to everything from
MBOs to Quality etc from happening to LO? ...Keith
--Keith Cowan <72212.51@CompuServe.COM>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>