Barbara Braham - Creating a Learning Organization: Promoting Excellence Through Change (Crisp Fifty-Minute Books)

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Promoting Excellence Through Education

Barbara J.Braham

A FIFTY-MINUTE SERIES BOOK

CRISP PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Menlo Park, California

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CREDITS:

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means now
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1995 by Crisp Publications, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America by Bawden Printing Company.

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 9568290

Braham, Barbara J.

Creating a Learning Organization

ISBN 1-56052-351-4 (Print Edition)

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CREATING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

The objectives for Creating a Learning Organization are listed below. They have been developed to guide you, the reader, to the core issues covered in this book.

Objectives

Assessing Your Progress

In addition to the learning objectives, Crisp, Inc. has developed an assessment that covers the fundamental information presented in this book. A twenty-five item, multiple choice/true-false questionnaire allows the reader to evaluate his or her comprehension of the subject matter. An answer sheet with a chart matching the questions to the listed objectives is also available. To learn how to obtain a copy of this assessment, please call 18004427477 and ask to speak with a Customer Service Representative.

Assessments should not be used in any selection process.

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Barbara J.Braham, M.S.W., is a professional speaker and author specializing in personal development for professional success. For the past ten years she has worked with corporations and associations across the country who believe that their people are their greatest asset. Her programs are designed to assist individuals in aligning their personal purpose with the organizational purpose. In addition, she helps organizations secure their futures by developing the capacity of their people to become lifelong learners.

She offers a variety of in-depth personal retreats for individuals committed to deepening themselves personally and professionally. For information about her services, or to give her feedback about this book, please call or write:

Barbara Braham
1143 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
Telephone: (614) 2910155
Website: www.bbraham.com
E-mail: barbara@bbraham.com

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Many organizations today are living with the question, What is a learning organization? Theyre turning the question this way and that, reflecting on it, discussing it, feeling challenged and discouraged by it. More important than the answer to the question, is the fact that the question is being asked. The question is the answer. Whenever you encounter a question that grabs you and doesnt seem to want to let go, that is a signal that you have begun a journey, a quest. You might say thats precisely what the word question implies: Quest-I-On.

Creating a Learning Organization is written for people who wonder how to help an organization become a learning organization. If youre living with that question, this book is for you. To become a learning organization, you need to help both the individual and the organization learn, and in this book you will find guidance for those tasks. I hope that along the way it will provoke more questions, as well.

Barbara J.Braham

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A special thanks to the following people for their contribution to the manuscript: Bill Bickham, Harry Buntyn, Eric Burkland, Leslie Charles, Jeff Douglas, Bill Keller, Valerie Lenart, Susan Schubert, Rick Sullivan, Bill Wienhoff and my Speakers Circle.

This book is dedicated to all who
aspire to deeply know themselves.

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