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Not only is the learning organization a new source of competitive advantage, it also offers a marvelously empowering approach to work, one. The tools and ideas presented in this book are for destroying the illusion that the world is created of separate, unrelated forces. After reading it, you will understand the basics of this powerful management and learning organization philosophy. Presence is an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. The most effective people are those who can hold their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly. Senge has 12 books on goodreads with 85194 ratings. Senge is also cofaculty at the new england complex systems institute, and the founder of the society for organizational learning.
Mastering the disciplines senge outlines in the book will. Peter senge born 1947 is a systems scientist who is a lecturer at the mit sloan school of management. The fifth discipline is a remarkable book that draws on science, spiritual values, psychology, the cutting edge of management thought and senges work with leading companies which employ fifth discipline methods. Maybe senge should have used adaptive organization instead of learning organization. Senge is the founding chair of sol society of organizational learning, a global network of organizations, researchers, and consultants dedicated to the interdependent development of people and their institutions, senior lecturer, sloan school of management mit, and cofounder of the academy for systemic change, which seeks to. A shared vision 1, mental models 2, team learning 3, personal mastery 4 and system thinking 5. The fifth discipline fieldbookthe fifth discipline fieldbook by senge, peter m. It features a new foreword about the success peter senge has achieved with learning organizations since the book s inception, as well as new chapters on impetus getting started, strategies, leaders new work, systems citizens, and frontiers for the future. Senge, nelda cambronmccabe, timothy lucas, bryan smith and janis dutton.
Consultant charlie kiefer, forrester student peter senge, and researcherartist robert fritz design the leadership and mastery seminar, which becomes the focal point of their new. Stanley harris is assistant professor of management at auburn university. The format and presentation of this provocative and accessible guide to change are as dazzling as its content. The fifth discipline, system thinking, is the one discipline that binds the other four and therefore the discipline where the focus of change.
Aug 26, 2017 peter michael senge was born in 1947 stanford, california. Peter michael senge born 1947 is an american systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the mit sloan school of management, cofaculty at the new england complex systems institute, and the founder of the society for organizational learning. The art and practice of the learning organization doubledaycurrency, 1990. The subtitle might set you off in the wrong direction though. The notion of treating the organization as a complex system composed of smaller often complex systems.
Senge is a senior lecturer at the massachusetts institute of technology. The fifth discipline is a remarkable book that draws on science, spiritual values, psychology, the cutting edge of management thought and senges work with leading companies that employ fifth discipline methods. The library of congress has cataloged the currency hardcover edition as follows. He sees the traditional view of leaders as special people who set the direction, make key decisions and energize the troops as deriving from a deeply individualistic and. Peter senge, leadership speaker, author of the fifth discipline. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In fact leadership in senges view is far more distributed. It features a new foreword about the success peter senge has. In the fifth discipline, peter senge provides the blueprints for the learning organization, which is a potentially better model for. Completely updated and revisedthis revised edition of peter senges bestselling classic, the fifth discipline, is based on fifteen years of experience in putting. Call executive speakers bureau to book peter senge 8007549404. He talks about profound change in organisations using. Century business 1992, 424 pages isbn 0712656871 summarised by andrew gibbons downloaded free from.
When we give up this illusion we can then build learning organiza tions. Senge, senior lecturer at mit and the founding chair of the society for organizational learning sol, is the author or coauthor of several bestselling books, including the fifth discipline, schools that learn, and presence he was named as one of the 24 people who had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years by the journal of business. He is also chairperson of the society for organizational learning sol, a global community of corporations, researchers, and consultants dedicated to the interdependent development of. The art and practice of the learning organization is a book by peter senge a senior lecturer at mit focusing on group problem solving using the systems thinking method in order to convert companies into learning organizations. Peter senge is a senior lecturer at the massachusetts institute of technology, the founding chair of sol, a renowned pioneer, theorist, and writer in the field of management innovation, and the author of the widely acclaimed book, the fifth discipline.
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