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BTH Assignment - Academics

 

LINK COLLECTION ON LEARNING AND COMMUNICATION  By Solomon Esomu 

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ConceptsDescription, Links and Questions

1.

Learning 
 

Description

What learning in general is

 

Link

http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-learn.htm

 

Question

Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process or a product? Can it be measured?

2.

Learning Organization 
 

Description

Defines and discusses the concept, development, benefit, characteristic and barriers of learning organization 

 

Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_organization

 

Question

What are the five main features of a learning organization?

How can the major and most critical hindrances or barriers of learning in an organization be drastically reduced or entirely removed?

3.

Organizational Learning 
 

Description

Defines and discusses organizational learning

 

Link

http://www.brint.com/papers/orglrng.htm

 

Question

How does organizational learning differ from a learning organization?

4.

Organizational Memory 
 

Description

Defines and discusses the concept of organizational memory

 

Link

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organizational-memory.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_memory

 

Question

Can organizations rely on individuals’ memory?

5.

Knowledge Management 
 

Description

What knowledge management is all about

 

Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management

 

Question

How best can an organization create and manage its knowledge base?

6.

Importance of Learning in an Organizations 
 

Description

A 10-minute video interview with David Garvin and Amy Edmondson, professors from Harvard Business School, on the importance of learning in organizations

 

Link

http://sites.google.com/site/organizationalmemory/Home

 

Question

How can managers at all levels stimulate learning in an organization?

7.

Organizational Communication 

Description

Defines organizational communication in general term, in an organizational context and as an academic discipline. It also reviews researches, carried out in the field.

 

Link

http://www.nordicom.gu.se/commnon/publ_pdf/247_johansson.pdf

 

Question

Should there be a dividing line between internal/informal communication within the organization and external/formal communication outside the organization?

8.

Organizational Communication Skills 
 

Definition

Lists and discusses the skills required in the field of Organizational Communication, the job positions individuals trained in organizational communication can take and the benefits of organizational communication.

 

Link

http://degreedirectory.org/articles/What_is_the_Field_of_Organizational_Communication.html

 

Question

Do employees need to be trained and retrained on the skills required for organizational communication to improve on the communication process within the organization?

9.

Organizational Communication Problems 
 

Definition

Lists and discusses seven common causes of problems in internal communications in organizations

 

Link

http://managementhelp.org/mrktng/org_cmm.htm

 

Question

Why do some organizations, especially starter-organizations, see writing down of policies and procedures as bureaucratic?

10.

Effective Organizational Communication 
 

Definition

Lists and discusses four key principles to effective internal organizational communications and basic structures/policies that support effective internal communication

 

Link

http://managementhelp.org/mrktng/org_cmm.htm

 

Question

Should organizations introduce/encourage a blame-free reporting system to ensure effective communication within the organization?