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HBR on Knowledge Mgmt Chapters 1-3 Joey DeBono Carolyn Coolidge
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AGENDA Chapter Introductions Assumptions Overview, details and examples Questions
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HBR Chapters 1-3 The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker, Jan 01, 1988 The Knowledge-Creating Company Ikujiro Nonaka, Nov 01, 1991 Building A Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 01, 1993
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HBR Chapters 1-3 The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker, Jan 01, 1988
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The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker, Jan 1988 Premise Identifying organizational trends
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The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker, Jan 1988 Assumptions Specialization Changes in management Cross-discipline (- function) task forces (teams)
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The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker, Jan 1988 Examples Symphony Orchestra Hospitals British administration in India
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Future Steps Management issues of Motivation/Reward Need for unified vision Management structure with Task Force Teams Top Management supply, prep, testing The Coming of the New Organization Peter F. Drucker
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HBR Chapters 1-3 The Knowledge-Creating Company Ikujiro Nonaka, Nov 01, 1991
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Uncertainty Competitive advantage = Knowledge The Knowledge-Creating Company Ikujiro Nonaka, Nov 1991
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Japanese Management Styles Tapping tacit insights (soft…) Redundancy
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The Knowledge-Creating Company Ikujiro Nonaka, Nov 1991 Japanese Management Styles Slogans, metaphors Analogies, symbols
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HBR Chapters 1-3 Building A Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 01, 1993
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Building a Learning Organization Definitions
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 What is a Learning Organization? Peter Senge, the Fifth Discipline 5 component technologies Systems thinking Personal mastery Mental models Shared vision Team learning Behavior v. Thinking
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 What is a Learning Organization? … an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. p51 5 Definitions of Organizational Learning, p77
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Chronologically: “Organizational learning is a process of detecting and correcting error.” Chris Argyris, 1977.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 “Organizational learning means the process of improving actions through better knowledge and understanding.” C. Marlene Fiol & Margorie A. Lyles, 1985.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 “Organizations are seen as learning by encoding inferences from history into routines that guide behavior.” Barbara Levitt & James G. March, 1988.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 “Organizational learning occurs through shared insights, knowledge and mental models... [and] builds on past knowledge and experience—that is, on memory.” Ray Stata, 1989.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 “An entity learns if, through its processing of information, the range of its potential behaviors is changed.” George P. Huber, 1991.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Suspend disbelief and assume: … an organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. p51
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 A: In the absence of learning, companies—and individuals—simply repeat old practices. change remains cosmetic, and improvements are either fortuitous or short-lived.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 A: Learning Improvement 3 M’s Meaning Management Measurement
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 A: “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it [sic].” p70 Current tools reveal little about sources of learning or the levers of change
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Learning Organization Skills Systematic Problem-solving Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Learning Organization Skills Systematic Problem-solving Experimentation (new approaches) Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Learning Organization Skills Systematic Problem-solving Experimentation (new approaches) Learning from past experience Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Learning Organization Skills Systematic Problem-solving Experimentation (new approaches) Learning from past experience Learning from best practices (of others) Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Learning Organization Skills Systematic Problem-solving Experimentation (new approaches) Learning from past experience Learning from best practices (of others) Knowledge transference Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Measurement How to Build a Learning Organization Slowly Cultivate cultural attitudes Commitment Mgmt processes accrued slowly/steadily Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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Building a Learning Organization Measurement
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Assume traditional maxim: “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” p70 Traditional measuring tools: learning curves, manufacturing progress functions Incomplete: single-measure of output Focused on cost or price Ignoring quality, delivery, new product introductions Tell little about sources of learning or the levers of change
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 New[er] Measure p72 Half-life cycle Developed by Analog Devices Measures the time it takes to achieve a 50% improvement in a specified performance measure. Weakness: focuses solely on results Unlikely to capture short-run learning Systemic changes are long-run, e.g. total quality culture, or new approaches to product develop.
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Measurement How to Build a Learning Organization
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Building a Learning Organization Building
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How to Build a Learning Organization Slowly Cultivate cultural attitudes Trust Commitment Mgmt processes accrue slowly/steadily Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993
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An Organization’s Learning Trace p73 Three over-lapping stages Cognitive Behavioral Performance improvement Suggested capture tools (surveys, et al.) e.g., Mystery Shopper
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Foster environment conducive to learning Open up boundaries
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Create Learning forums
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Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin, Jul 1993 Shift focus toward a commitment to learning
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HBR Chapters 1-3 Questions?
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