Module 2 reaction

mod2reactionpaper.docx

Read all the required articles on the Learning Materials page, then CHOOSE ONE OF THE REQUIRED ARTICLES from that page for this assignment. Write up a total of TWO PAGES (no more), single-spaced, in the form of a synopsis and "reaction" to the readings -- i.e., dedicate ONLY TWO PAGES of write-up to covering one of the readings.

DETAILS: THE FIRST PART OF THE PAPER: The first 1.5 pages must be a BRIEF synopsis of the article (NB: You can focus on select parts, because you CANNOT possibly cover everything) also including two salient, short quotes from the reading. Bullet points and/or very brief paragraphs are recommended for most of each page; use single-spacing.

THEN: In the LAST HALF-PAGE write two to three paragraphs (in your own words) where you delve a bit deeper, reacting to some of the major issues of the reading: For instance, you might choose to connect one or two specific ideas to examples from your own life, or you might ask probing questions and try to consider different points of view (in addition to those raised in the text).

Finally, submit your work here in either MS Word format or PDF.

ADVICE: The main struggle in this assignment might be WHAT TO LEAVE OUT (but don't fret or develop too much anxiety about that; there is no "one way" to do these brief reaction papers; I want to see YOU ENGAGING with and REACTING TO the readings, and then expressing some important ideas to help you remember and explain ideas to others, in the future.)

OGL550_Module_2.pdf

OGL 550

Organizations as Brains Morgan Ch. 4

Organizations as Brains

Is it possible to design “learning organizations” that have the capacity to be flexile, resilient, and inventive as the functioning of the brain?

Is it possible to distribute capacities for intelligence and control throughout an enterprise so that the system as a whole can self-organize and evolve along with emerging challenges?

Organizations as Brains

• Information processing brains

• Complex learning systems

• Holographic systems combining centralized and decentralized characteristics

Organizations as Information Processing Brains • Organizations are information systems

• “the decision-making approach” – Herbert Simon and colleagues

• Electronic brain

Creating Learning Organizations

v How can one design complex systems that are capable of learning in a brain- like ways?

v Cybernetics v Systems must have the capacity to sense , monitor, and scan significant aspects of their environment v They must be able to relate this information to the operating norms that guide system behavior v The must be able to detect significant deviations from these norms v They must be able to initiate corrective action when discrepancies are detected

v Single loop learning v Double loop learning

Guidelines for Learning Organizations

• Scan and anticipate change in the wider environment to detect significant variations.

• Develop an ability to question, challenge, and change operating norms and assumptions.

• Allow an appropriate strategic direction and pattern of organization to emerge.

Organizations as Holographic Brains • The metaphor of a hologram allow us to think of systems where qualities

of the whole are enfolded in all parts so that the system has an ability to self-organize and regenerate itself on a continuous basis. • Build the whole into all the parts • The importance of redundancy • Requisite variety • Minimum specs • Learning to learn

Summary

“Leadership needs to be diffused rather than centralized; even though goals, objectives, and targets may be helpful managerial tools, they must be used in a way that avoids the pathologies of single-loop learning; goal seeking must be accompanied by an awareness of the limits needed to avoid noxious outcomes; and hierarchy, design, and strategic development must be approached and understood as self-organizing, emergent phenomena” (p. 113)

Sample2_ReactionPaperSAMPOOLE.pdf

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Great Leaders are DEVELOPED not simply BORN

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