organisational learning

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MGF3621: Organisational Change
Week 9:
Individual and
Organisational Learning

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Last Week
• Gap Analysis
• Looked at Monash Uni
• Talked about Assignment 2

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Assignment 2
• Group Presentation
• Weeks 10 and 11
• Worth 25%
• 30 minute presentation plus question time
• 1,500 – 2,000 word write up plus slides
• Interventions in Chapter 7 and Chapter 8

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Reflection
• Think of a time you learnt something
– How did you go about it
– Write down the steps in as much detail as you can

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Reflection

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Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Learning Styles
• Dimensions
– Perception
> Concrete experience (How things are in raw detail)
> Abstract conceptualisation (Looking at it as ideas)
– Processing
> Active experimentation (proving it works)
> Reflective observation (watching to see if it works)

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Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Learning Styles
• Four Learning Styles
– Divergers
– Convergers
– Accommodators
– Assimilators

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Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Learning Styles
• Your turn with your hand out

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Kolb’s Learning Cycle and Learning Styles
• Get into groups based on the learning styles
• Are you similar in your learning styles?
• What are your greatest strengths
• What are your greatest weaknesses
• There is no one best style

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Group working time
• Get together and chat
• Ask me questions
• Ask them questions

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Next Week
• Presentations from:
– Team Building (Team formally know as Sweetapple)
– Performance Appraisals (Team not Sarah)
– Work Design (What was your team name Jake?)