From: Jeff Miller [mailto:
jeff@inleadsol.com]
Hello Enda:
Some of the best resources that I've seen bridging the linear
Newtonian world with a more organic view are the tools that are
emerging from the work of Peter Senge and others. Senge's book the
Fifth Discipline began something that has seen many materials and
teaching approaches emerge.
Specifically, I would take a look at the three fieldbooks that have come
since the 5th Disciplne (The Fifth Disciplne Fieldbook; The Dance of
Change; and Schools that Learn). They are each very user friendly
and have lots of tools and approaches that can be used in addressing
real problems/challenges/issues.
Here are some web sites that you might want to check out that are
linked to this work:
Pegasus Communications:
http://www.pegasuscom.com
Society for Organizational Learning:
http://www.solonline.org/
Creative Learning Exchange:
http://www.clexchange.org/
I hope some of this is of help..... I'm finding the resources and ideas
that can be found in these places is becoming increasingly important
in dealing with the growing complexities out there.
jeff miller
On 1 Mar 2003 at 0:40, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> From: Enda D. Layuk Allo [mailto:
cit@ph.edu]
>
> Dear all,
>
> After lurking for some times, I feel time to come up with my question
> (after some desperation).
>
> My name is Enda D. Layuk Allo, and I am a young lecturer, and giving
> some lectures in Industrial Engineering and Management School in
> Indonesia. My background self is Aerospace Engineering. As a science
> (as we know now), managment in my opinion is not difficult, but as
> some thing that can be applied it is another case. When I saw that
> most that we learn and teach are far from reality. Take an example of
> forecasting, planning, strategic planning. All is no more than
> beautifull things, but again those are far from reality, since we live
> in ever changing world.
>
> When I enter a class, teach for example material/production
> management, I started to talk to my self "so are you going to lie
> again to our students". When I stand in front of my MBA/master
> students, it is quite easier (since they have already some experiences
> in real live), so I can tell them "do not believe the formulas. Use
> what the standard books (& formulas) said as a basis only, further all
> you other wisdom and imagination to solve (I prefer to use what Ackoff
> said "dissolve") problem". But for the undergraduate it is much more
> difficult.
>
> As far as I know the purpose of undergraduate's education program is
> to lie foundation for analytical thinking. It means that we should
> come with well structured ways of thinking, but in my opinion it
> mislead them (since the real world is not good structured). So while I
> realized that scientific management and Newtonian world is over, and
> we live in chaos and complex world, we still use the same tools as
> before. My suppection is the reason because of lack for tool that can
> replace the existing tools. Even most of graduate students prefer to
> have tools that make their live easier.
>
> SO I think that we need to think about about new tools, new concepts
> to bring students closer with reality. How? I hope you suggestions!
>
> My regards
> Enda D. Layuk Allo
>
cit@ph.edu
> Indonesia
>
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