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Paper148052 1
Learning Organizations
APHA 135th Meeting
Advances in Organizational Design and Management
Washington DC, November 5, 2007
Dina Seidman Kurz, MHSA
The University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor Michigan
Overview of session
Pull
Unpredictable world
Anticipates
Responds
Inflexible / static
Flexible / dynamic
Conform / core
Innovate / edge
Monolith /
glued together
Small pieces /
loosely joined
Program
Learnscape
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Introduction to Watkins-Marsick
Model of a Learning Organization
Understanding the underlying model
and its application
External Environment
Organization
Team
Individuals
Watkins & Marsick, 1993, 1996, 1999
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The DLOQ
Individual
Team
Organizational
Dialogue &
Inquiry
System
Connections
Leadership
Empowerment
Embedded
Systems
Knowledge
Performance
Financial
Performance
MissionPerformance
Team
Learning
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13
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15
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3.7
1 <5 years
3.5
3.3
2 5-15 years
3.1
2.9
2.7
3 15+ years
2.5
CL
DI
TL
EP
PL
FP
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Implementing change
Henk Jacobs,
trekearth.com 2005
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Capture
Share
Use
knowledge
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Importance of Learning
Organizations for local public health
Managing change
health equity
environmental justice
collaborative partnerships
Employee orientation
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individual
team and
organizational learning
Acknowledgements
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