The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

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Business & Money

PETER M. SENGE

Business Culture

Random House Australia

Since Peter Senge published his groundbreaking book The Fifth Discipline, he and his associates have frequently been asked by the business community: "How do we go beyond the first steps of corporate change? How do we sustain momentum?" They know that companies and organizations cannot thrive today without learning to adapt their attitudes and practices. But companies that establish change initiatives discover, after initial success, that even the most promising efforts to transform or revitalize organizations—despite interest, resources, and compelling business results—can fail to sustain themselves over time. That's because organizations have complex, well-developed immune systems, aimed at preserving the status quo. Now, drawing upon new theories about leadership and the long-term success of change initiatives, and based upon twenty-five years of experience building learning organizations, the authors of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook show how to accelerate success and avoid the obstacles that can stall momentum. The Dance of Change, written for managers and executives at every level of an organization, reveals how business leaders can work together to anticipate the challenges that profound change will ultimately force the organization to face. Then, in a down-to-earth and compellingly clear format, readers will learn how to build the personal and organizational capabilities needed to meet those challenges. These challenges are not imposed from the outside; they are the product of assumptions and practices that people take for granted—an inherent, natural part of the processes of change. And they can stop innovation cold, unless managers at all levels learn to anticipate them and recognize the hidden rewards in each challenge, and the potential to spur further growth. Within the frequently encountered challenge of "Not Enough Time," for example—the lack of control over time available for innovation and learning initiatives—lies a valuable opportunity to reframe the way people organize their workplaces. This book identifies universal challenges that organizations ultimately find themselves confronting, including the challenge of "Fear and Anxiety"; the need to diffuse learning across organizational boundaries; the ways in which assumptions built in to corporate measurement systems can handcuff learning initiatives; and the almost unavoidable misunderstandings between "true believers" and nonbelievers in a company. Filled with individual and team exercises, in-depth accounts of sustaining learning initiatives by managers and leaders in the field, and well-tested practical advice, The Dance of Change provides an insider's perspective on implementing learning and change initiatives at such corporations as British Petroleum, Chrysler, Dupont, Ford, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi Electric, Royal DutchShell, Shell Oil Company, Toyota, the United States Army, and Xerox. It offers crucial advice for line-level managers, executive leaders, internal networkers, educators, and others who are struggling to put change initiatives into practice.

The Dance of Change: The challenges to sustaining momentum in a learning organization

George Roth

Crown Currency

Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more cost-effective than wasteful ones. A world in which corporations such as Costco, Nike, BP, and countless others are forming partnerships with environmental and social justice organizations to ensure better stewardship of the earth and better livelihoods in the developing world. Now, stop imagining – that world is already emerging. A revolution is underway in today’s organizations. As Peter Senge and his co-authors reveal in The Necessary Revolution, companies around the world are boldly leading the change from dead-end “business as usual” tactics to transformative strategies that are essential for creating a flourishing, sustainable world. There is a long way to go, but the era of denial has ended. Today’s most innovative leaders are recognizing that for the sake of our companies and our world, we must implement revolutionary—not just incremental—changes in the way we live and work. Brimming with inspiring stories from individuals and organizations tackling social and environmental problems around the globe, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION reveals how ordinary people at every level are transforming their businesses and communities. By working collaboratively across boundaries, they are exploring and putting into place unprecedented solutions that move beyond just being “less bad” to creating pathways that will enable us to flourish in an increasingly interdependent world. Among the stories in these pages are the evolution of Sweden’s “Green Zone,” Alcoa’s water use reduction goals, GE’s ecoimagination initiative, and Seventh Generation’s decision to shift some of their advertising to youth-led social change programs. At its heart, THE NECESSARY REVOLUTION contains a wealth of strategies that individuals and organizations can use — specific tools and ways of thinking — to help us build the confidence and competence to respond effectively to the greatest challenge of our time. It is an essential guidebook for all of us who recognize the need to act and work together—now—to create a sustainable world, both for ourselves and for the generations to follow.

The Necessary Revolution: How individuals and organizations are working together to create a sustainable world.

Sara Schley

Joe Laur

Nina Kruschwitz

Bryan, Smith

Economics

Doubleday Publishing

The Living Company

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, C1997

Leading management guru Peter M Senge defines the five business 'disciplines' which together help to build learning organizations. These companies will be the successful ones in the coming decade because of their ability to learn, to absorb new ideas, theories and practices at all employee levels and use them to competitive advantage. Shared vision, teamwork and leverage are the main themes of this book.

The Fifth Discipline : Art and Practice of the Learning Organization

Century

The author defines five business "disciplines" which help to build "learning organizations". These companies will be the successful one in the coming decade because of their ability to learn, to absorb new ideas, theories and practices at all employee levels and use them to competitive advantage.

The Fifth Discipline: Art and Practice of the Learning Organization

Management & Leadership

RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS BOOKS

Identifies the factors that are key for business longevity, and compares businesses focused on long-term goals with those focused on producing wealth for a small inner group

Arie De Geus

Harvard Business School Pr

Tracing Connections shows how Systems Thinking can be used to transform education, business, public policy, and research. This book reveals how a new way of thinking can radically improve your ability to work through complex issues and uncover elegant solutions. It will leave you with a better understanding of what systems thinking is, who is using it, and why applying systems thinking is so important is this world of growing interdependence. Twelve of the world's foremost systems thinkers share how they use this powerful thinking tool to change lives.The Thinking in Systems Thinking: Eight Critical Skills, Barry Richmond, creator of STELLA and iThink -- Defines critical thinking skills that are necessary to evolve our thinking, learning, and communicating capacities.
 Barry Richmond's Influence on Systems Thinking: From Academia to Widespread Accessibility, Ali Mashayekhi, Sharif University of Technology -- An explanation of the role of Barry Richmond in the growth of systems thinking.
 Systems Thinking for Anyone: Practices to Consider, Steve Peterson, Lexidyne, LLC -- Identifies many existing systems problems and discusses how systems thinking is needed to tackle such problems.
 Teaching by Wondering Around: Learning About the World Naturally, Frank Draper, Catalina Foothills School District -- Discusses how he has integrated systems thinking into his teaching of science to high school students.
 Changing School Culture: Creating Student-Centered Classrooms, Tracy Benson, Waters Foundation, Systems Thinking in Schools Project -- Uses classroom stories to describe applications of systems thinking skills.
 Modeling for High School Students: Teaching Critical Thinking through System Dynamics, Diana M. Fisher, Wilson High School -- Discusses the process of learning systems thinking. Provides examples of how students have used systems thinking and offers helpful tools for new systems thinking practitioners.
 Romeo and Juliet in Brazil: Use of Metaphorical Models for Feedback Systems Thinking, John Morecroft, London Business School -- Discusses the spectrum of models from fisheries to Romeo and Juliet to global oil production.
 The Value of Critical Thinking Skills: Modeling Price and Inventory Dynamics, Corey Peck, Lexidyne, LLC -- Details a client engagement in which critical thinking skills were incorporated to provide a richer, more actionable understanding of inventory and pricing dynamics in a basic materials market.
 Finding System Dynamics: An Exploration in International Development, John L. Newman, The World Bank -- Describes the effectiveness of systems thinking modeling to inform international development work.
 The Power of the Situation: Modeling Classic Experiments in Social Psychology, James K. Doyle, Khalid Saeed, Jeanine Skorinko, Worcester Polytechnic Institute -- Honors Barry Richmond's remarkable contribution in crossing interdisciplinary boundaries by highlighting how system dynamics can realistically interact with social/psychological models for use in future research and psychological education.
 Education for an Interdependent World: Developing Systems Citizens, Peter M. Senge, MIT and Society for Organizational Learning -- Focuses on a new kind of thinking to educate youth that addresses the interconnected social, economic, cultural, ecological, and global challenges the world faces. Discusses how our current education system must change utilizing a systems perspective.

Tracing Connections: Voices of Systems Thinkers

Tracy Benson

Diana M. Fisher

James K. Doyle

Frank Draper

Ali Mashayekhi

John D. W. Morecroft

John L. Newman

Corey Peck

Steve Peterson

Barry M. Richmond

Khalid Saeed

Jeanine Skorinko

isee systems, inc. and Creative Learning Exchange

How would the world change if we learned to access, individually and collectively, our deepest capacity to sense and shape the future? This is just one of the questions posed by the authors of a book that combines unusual personal honesty with rigorous critical thinking. 
Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future gives the reader an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a half, Senge, Scharmer, Jaworski, and Flowers explore their own experiences and those of one hundred and fifty scientists and social and business entrepreneurs in an effort to explain how profound collective change occurs. Their journey of discovery articulates a new way of seeing the world, and of understanding our part in creating it-as it is and as it might be. 
Radical and hopeful, Presence synthesizes leading-edge thinking, first-hand knowledge, and ancient wisdom to explore the living fields that connect us to one another, to life more broadly, and, potentially, to what is "seeking to emerge." Seven capacities underlie our ability to see, sense, and realize new possibilities. Developing these capacities accesses a deeper level of learning that is the key to creating change that serves the whole-ourselves, our organizations, and the communities of which we are a part.

Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future

C. Otto Scharmer

Betty Sue Flowers

JOSEPH JAWORSKI

Society for Organizational Learning

The Necessary Revolution

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