Some interesting proposition from "a.r.t. Mittelmann" <artm@ping.at>
quoted as follow :
"IMHO. Obviously not. But it might be not possible to apply LO principles
to an organisation as a whole at the same time." and
">LO principles to be applied in PART? or WHOLE?
Summing up: apply it in PART to get the WHOLE!"
in response to my early observation :
>>Imagine organisations (most of them) are made up of
>>or divided into parts, like a human being : part of arm,
>>part of leg, part of brain, eyes etc. etc.
>>
>>Imagine one part e.g. ARMS proclaims their commitment
>>to Learning Organisation : learn, use, apply, ...the
>>LO principles in their part / department.
>>Will the Whole Body performs better,
>>more effectively, more cohesively?
Now, looking it at another way to
" But it might be not possible to apply LO principles to an organisation
as a whole at the same time."
That is : WE CAN'T SWALLOW THE WHOLE CAKE AT ONE TIME.
LET'S CHEW A BIT AT A TIME.
But .... Chewing a bit at a time, as time passes, the
rest of the cake may go sour and rotten.
The question I had phrased early "LO principles to be applied in PART? or
WHOLE?" is actually a dead trap, which occurs frequently in daily life. It
is NOT a matter of "this" or "that" but the "relationship" in between.
Hence when improving in "parts" the inter-dependency and relationship with
the "whole" must be established (and measured) while improvement is in
progress in "parts"
Regards
Andrew Wong
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