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GSB752 The Learning Organisation

Updated: 09 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in GradCertHRM, GradCertMgt, GradDipMgt, MAdminLead, MBA, MEdAdmin, MODSHRM
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PDLD508
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Peter Hobson (phobson@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will explore and critique the literature about the learning organisation and the related concepts of developing a learning or a training culture. It will examine how learning can be embedded within the structures of an organisation and the implications of this concept for trainers, training managers and human resource developers.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
ISBN: 9781857880601
Senge, P.M. and others, Nicholas Brealey Publishing 1994
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% 3000-3500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-2 GA: 3, 5
Assignment 2 50% 3000-3500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2-3 GA: 5-6, 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the concept of a learning organisation and the relationship to other similar concepts;
  2. analyse and critique the literature on the learning organisation;
  3. apply the theory and practice of the learning organisation to their own organisation.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
3 Global Perspectives
Students will be required to understand and analyse developments in global systems of workplace training such as those in Europe, USA and Asia. They will be assessed on this understanding in an essay. They will be asked to apply this understanding in their workplace in a journal of reflective practice. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The concept and practice of lifelong learning in an organisational context will be the focus of this unit. Students will be encouraged to critically reflect on this concept as it is applied to practice within their organisation. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be encouraged to reflect on the concept of problems in the application of the learning organisation in the context of their immediate workplaces and to make a plan of action to overcome these problems. They will be assessed on their ability to apply the ideas and practices of the learning organisation to deal with these problems. 		True True True
8 Team Work
The practices of the learning organisation are essentially developed at a team level. Students will be encouraged to set up teams in the workplace to establish learning organisation practices within their workplaces. They will have the option of developing a simulate team approach where this is not practicable for assessment purposes. 		True True
   

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