The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

Peter Senge's national bestseller, The Fifth Discipline, revolutionized the practice of management by introducing the theory of learning organizations. Now Dr. Senge moves from the philosophical to the practical by answering the first question all lovers of the learning organization ask: What do they do on Monday morning?

The Fieldbook is an intensely pragmatic guide. It shows how to create an organization of learners where memories are brought to life, where collaboration is the lifeblood of every endeavor, and where tough questions are fearlessly asked. The stories in this book show that companies, businesses, schools, agencies, and even communities can undo their "learning disabilities" and achieve superior performance. If ever a book gave meaning to the phrase hands-on, this is it. Senge and his four co-authors cover it all:

• Reinventing relationships
• Being loyal to the truth
• Strategies for developing personal mastery
• Building a shared vision
• Systems thinking in an organization
• Designing a dialogue session
• Strategies for team learning
• Organizations as communities
• Designing an organization's governing ideas

This is a book that will have you creating a learning organization from the very first chapter!

As its name promises, The Fieldbook is designed to be referred to in meetings, planning sessions, during reflection, or anytime a conflict or challenge arises. Open it up anywhere and icons and cross references will lead you from defining the problem to thinking about how to solve it. Mark up the pages. Write in the margins. Draw. Scribble. [please make copies first - Faculty Development] Daydream. As your field notes accumulate, you will create your own guide to mastering the disciplines of organizational learning.

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