Lesson 1 - Organization

Activity:

Report on your present or previous experiences in the workplace. How best would you describe how your organization (or an organization of your choice) learnt.



(post by Leo)

Base on my present experience in my workplace. I use my organization – HKU Space as an example. ICT have been integrated in my school for several years. The e-learning system – SOUL is adopted for student to use in their learning. For example, they can see the notices on the web, get the notes and course materials, and submit their assignment throw this system. We will gather and analysis all enquires and problems brought up by students and teachers. So we can learn from errors and have further improvement, and hence it can be defined as Double-Loop learning. 

Also as teachers always work in group to share their views and work closely with school administration teams for disusing the issue about teaching, the school has perform the team learning.

(post by Steffani)

I worked in a newly developed DSS-school which encouraged team learning. Teachers were required to observed other teachers' lessons and feedback was given after the peer observation. Sharing and discussions relating to teaching methodologies were held on professional development days. Subject meetings, functional groups meeting were held every week, or every month to share their experiences. The Vice-Principal also invites experienced teachers to share their teaching and classroom management skills to the green teachers. The school also promoted home-school cooperation. Parents were welcomed to participate in school affairs and training. Therefore, the school practiced team learning.

(post by Angus)

I'm working in a 3PL-logistics company which the main operation is handling inventory in and out.  Based on my experience, I think the company perform well in organizational learning. Whenever incident occur like wrong cargo inventory or received complain from client on wrong delivery, the company will take action to correct the mistake immediately and it can defined as a Single-Loop learning.

After handling the incident,  the company will form a committee to identify the cause of incident and give suggestion. The suggestion include modifying the operation procedure or provide training change the staff's habit to prevent incident happen again and it can defined as a Double-loop learning.

(post by Cyrus)

I'm working for the marketing department of a health & wellness company listed on the NASDAQ in U.S. I can say my company is an organization that keen to learn from time to time. Recently, my company is undergoing a big change - rebranding program - that brand new logo and brand new corporate image are launched. This change is led by our visionary CEO who has a collective plan to bring about a comprehensive change on our organizational culture and practices. With certain autonomy from the management and based on our care for old (encouraging health-consciousness by hosting health-related events), our marketing team  have developed courage for new (renovating our product packing design to build up dynamic corporate image). Within our team, we have experienced Double-Loop learning when implementing the rebranding program. Every week, we organize a morning meeting to update the program progress status and provide a chance for learning. Whenever a problem exists, we discuss and identify the reasons so as to take further actions to improve.

(posted by Marisa)
As a full-time student, I am not employed by an company. However, I did 2 different kinds of internship during my college time.One is working as a saleswoman in a computer retail shopping mall,the other is working as an assistant in a media group.
Since the two organizations have different cultures, I learnt a lot from it such as how they contribute to a goal with a group of people,how they distribute assignment and evaluation the work results and how they made up a mistake when sth wrong happened.  For the clients, the two organizations conducted double-loop leaning,including training courses and sharing information. In order to promote the efficiency, the learning situation occurred everyday(morning meeting for group for review and plan the work schedule). The administration leader would evaluate each group monthly to supervise and make sure all runs well.