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**CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION**            from The Free Dictionary.com   PERSONAL MASTERY MENTAL MODELS <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">SHARED VISION <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">TEAM LEARNING <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">SYSTEMS THINKING <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">A learning organization promotes a culture of learning, a community of learners, and it ensures that individual learning enriches & enhances the organization as a whole. (P. West, 1994) However, researchers are discovering that “everyone is talking about [it] but few are living it.” (Watkins & Marsick, 1993) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * CHAPTER 6 – WORKSHEET**
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - a group of people who work together
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the act of organizing a business or business-related activity; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">learning **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">learning **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - profound scholarly knowledge
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">cognition **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">5 Elements of Learning Organization **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> (Peter Senge)
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Expand our personal capacity to create results we want
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">An environment which encourages members to develop goals
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Reflecting, clarifying & improving our picture of the world
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">See how our picture of the world shapes our actions & decisions
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Should be open to changing our reality
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sense of commitment in a group
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Have shared images of practices that will allow group to achieve vision
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Created by examining the past, present & future successes and failures
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Use conversational & collective thinking skills so groups of people can develop their abilities
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The group is stronger than the sum of the individual members’ talents
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Understand the forces & interrelationships that shape the behavior of systems
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">See the larger processes of the natural & economic world
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">ATTRIBUTES OF LEARNING ORGANZATION **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> William O’Brien, CEO of Hanover Insurance
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">DISPERSE POWER in an orderly, non-chaotic basis,
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">need self-discipline
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">the company culture needs to replace bureaucracy with aspirations, values & visions
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">SYSTEMIC UNDERSTANDING
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Need to understand systems and the interrelationships;
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Nothing is independent
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">CONVERSATION should minimize defense mechanisms
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Move past small talk
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Discuss contentious issues
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Conflict over 2 worthwhile principles
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Should be feelings about rights
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">VOLUNTARY FOLLOWERSHIP
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Don’t think in terms of control
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Get voluntary followers
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * 1) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">How does Carl Weick define organization? In what way is it similar or different from the above definitions of organization?
 * 2) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">What does creativity have to do with an organization?
 * 3) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">How would you define a learning organization?
 * 4) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Listed above are the five elements of the learning organization according to Peter Senge. Define each in your own words & describe times where you or the organization you are member of has employed those elements. If those elements weren’t in place how would they have helped the organization?
 * 5) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Is The Illinois Institute of Art a learning organization? (I’m not talking about the fact that this is a school.)
 * 6) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rosabeth Moss Kanter has identified several strategies to be used by change masters. First, define a change master. Can one be a change master in a non-learning organization? Can an individual lead creativity within an organization?
 * 7) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Have you learned anything from this discussion that could be applied to your Group Problem Solving project?
 * 8) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Complete the **Individual Innovativeness (II)** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">questionnaire. Discuss what the scores mean in relation to your role within an organization that you are a part of currently or in the past. You might want to look at organizations where you have worked or groups you have belonged to.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">EXTRA CREDIT: `RESPONSE PAPER **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> – Choose one of the topics listed below to develop into an essay: 2 pages in length, typed, double-spaced.
 * Are any of the organizations you have belonged to been learning organizations? What are the challenges and obstacles? Any thoughts on how they could be eliminated? If you are lucky enough to be a member of a learning organization, why do you think they were able to become one? (Or are you lucky?)**
 * Examine one change you have experienced within an organization you’ve belonged to and identify the adopter role you played. Was that role the same as your score on the Individual Innovativeness (II), **