Community Foundation hires director Nov 5, 2009
Hargro, 44, was the senior officer for strategy and organizational learning at the Columbus Foundation in Columbus, Ohio. He has a bachelor s degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University, a master s degree from Ohio State University and a master of divinity degree from United Theological Seminary. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
A strategy to revive N.J. economy Oct 23, 2009
It can save transaction costs, improve organizational learning through exchange of information among companies within the area and stimulate vigorous competition among companies within the cluster, which, in turn, can promote continuous product innovation, process improvement and cost savings. These activities would further strengthen New Jersey's and the industries' competitiveness globally. (NJ.com -- Times)
Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Hires Elizabeth Castillo as Director of Development Oct 15, 2009
Her research interests include organizational learning and strategic planning. She also has provided volunteer grant writing for several nonprofit organizations in San Diego County. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Scientists urge EPA to adopt systems thinking Oct 14, 2009
The authors of the article are: Joseph Fiksel, Executive Director of the Center for Resilience at The Ohio State University; Thomas Graedel, Professor at Yale University and co-chair of the National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability; Alan Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development in EPA's Office of Research and Development; David Rejeski of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and the... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Nabucco is still alive Jul 3, 2009
This experience and the organizational learning from it by all participants is a key yet often unremarked element behind the further successes of developing the Shah Deniz offshore gas deposit and constructing the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) that takes that gas through Georgia into Turkey. Significantly, no Turkish company has had important participation in either of these ventures, despite the cooperation of Turkey's state-owned BOTAS with AIOC in constructing the BTC pipeline and the formal... (Asia Times Online)
Relationships will be the new heart of growth in business Jun 19, 2009
Dr Peter Senge, the director of the Centre for Organizational Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and co-author of Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, says it best: "Even as conditions in the world change dramatically, most businesses, governments and other large organisations continue to take the same kinds of institutional actions that they always have.". Senge and his co-authors point out that this reactive behaviour is governed by... (Business Report, South Africa)
Upgrading Performance at Work May 22, 2009
Uncaptured Organizational Learning: Everyone knows about the flashy outgoing individuals they run into all day long but few can reach those who are quiet and hard to understand. Since there are usually more of the latter there is more to be learned from reaching them and getting their input. (Suite101.com)
Ciaschi Picked to Head Fisher MBA Program Apr 15, 2009
Ciaschi was appointed the director of the Organizational Learning and Human Resource Development (OL Graduate program in August. He will continue in a dual role as the director of both programs. (R News)
Tata Interactive Learning Forum Examines Learning Strategies for Current Times Apr 1, 2009
The TLF 2009 witnessed speaker sessions by business, HR, and learning professionals who presented case studies and proven strategies for building organizational learning and skills. The highlight of the event was an interactive, multiplayer simulation on Change Management that required delegates to make a variety of HR & Personnel decisions in a changing and competitive environment. (PR Newswire)
Bay Area nonprofits brace for 2010 Armageddon Mar 2, 2009
"A lot of nonprofits are living on this year's operating budget, which is based on what they raised a year ago before the economic crisis really hit," said Denise Gammal, co-author of a Stanford University report on Bay Area charities and vice president of strategy and organizational Learning for United Way of the Bay Area. "Although nonprofits will be OK this year, the next two years will be difficult to weather. That's when the state cuts will have a significant impact," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Editorial: Bad times and a new optimism Mar 2, 2009
author of "Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together" and co-founder with Peter Senge of the Center for Organizational Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For two decades he has helped senior leaders create "visionary transitions" for their organizations. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
