The Fifth Discipline

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    Theory of Change Management Peter Senge promotes the idea of a Learning Organization as a theory of change management in his book ‘The Fifth Discipline’. Senge (2006) encourages the “rethinking of corporate philosophy” and a commitment to individual learning to establish a learning organization. Individual learning, according to Senge (2006), does not guarantee a learning organization, but without it, learning organization is impossible. Individual learning, therefore, is key to the establishment of a learning organization. Encouragement for individual learning requires “tapping the potential of people” according to Senge (2006). In fact, it requires personal mastery, the approaching of life as creative work, instead of a reactive process.…

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    than the part, to make decisions that are more meaningful. According to Senge (2010), a learning organization begins as systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building shared vision, team-learning work in concert with one another. Personal mastery describes people who consistently realize the results that matter most to them and approach life in a specific way to achieve those goals. Mental models are the perspectives one has as shaped by his or her experiences and philosophical…

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    critical thinking, innovation, risk taking, and new ideas. A learning organization takes the employees contributions, it learns from past experiences and takes all the knowledge into the organization daily activities. The learning organization concept came from Peter Senge and its five main disciplines; systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning. Systems thinking, it is a concept that organizations use to collect information systems that measures the…

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    Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization, marketed the idea of the “learning organization” and the concept that businesses should function as a set of connected systems within an ongoing learning environment (1990). Knowledge came from all people within the company, and everyone contributed, continuously. By following the five basic disciplines of “shared vision, mental models, personal mastery, team learning, and systems thinking” (Senge,…

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    I will explain why it is possible this would have helped my organization overcome disabilities and problems. On a football team there is always some form of a problem. To overcome problems you have to find ways. In “The Fifth Discipline” Senge describes things that will better an organization or make a organization worst. He comes with The Seven learning disabilities 1. “I AM my Position” 2. “The Enemy is out there”, 3. “The Illusion of taking charge”, 4. “The Fixation of events” 5.“The Parable…

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    When trying to decide on what your THERE for life, marriage or children is, it’s a good practice to use the “5 whys”. This simple exercise was adopted from The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. The 5 whys help us better learn the meaning behind our statement. Say I had a THERE to be the CEO of my own company. My first question would be the first why. 1st Why? To have several employees 2nd Why? I want a larger sphere of influence. 3rd Why? I want to be able to provide a place for good…

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    Fame and wealth is what people consider in today’s society as success nowadays. Success is a triumph or an accomplishment of an aim. To reach the level of success many factors have to be played such as self discipline. Self discipline is a key ingredient for our students to reach the path of success. Therefore, during the early stages of childhood children should be educated about self discipline, as a result once armed it would be a tremendous asset in high school and the future. If gained…

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    Student Character Traits

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    school students will effect them later on in their life. Having good character traits, turn into having good habits, and those habits help the students succeed in school. To be successful as a student having the character traits like optimism, having a good attitude, and self discipline are important. Optimistic students are most…

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    Classroom management is crucial for every teacher to have in a successful learning environment. I believe that students need to be controlled and disciplined; students at this age need to be guided in the right path. They are capable of self-discipline but need to be shown what the rules of the classroom are and what is the expectation of the teacher. I believe that students are basically good but that the environment around them influences them tremendously. If they maintain busy with…

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    Junayd Case Study Essay

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    Junayd is an 8-year-old third-grade student in the Paumanok Elementary School. Junayd has a current special education classification of Autism. He is educated within a Special class placement with mainstreamed for math and science classes. In addition, Junayd receives Speech (3x/week) and Occupational Therapy (1x/week). As per his IEP, Junayd’s testing accommodations include extended time (1.5), revised test directions, flexible settings and directions repeated. Junayd currently resides with…

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