LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS - A DVD documentary from the Modern Times

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A LEARNING ORGANIZATION

Two Stories of an organization dedicated to continuous improvement through its people's continuous learning as knowledge workers, supported by information, training, and reward systems in a total involvement workplace environment .

Click HERE for this DVD's RESOURCE GUIDE in Modern Times RESOURCE GUIDEBOOK

(For more information on Story #1 and Story #2, click on DVD Title below.)
....plus: for a Preview of each DVD, click on the specific pic below

Story #1
Quality Pays
Background

Material
Workers in this manufacturing plant take real responsibility and ownership for quality control and CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. This is a story of how people
commit to and achieve EXCELLENCE !

"This is the first video to demonstrate clearly the link between Total Quality and participative work systems."

- Joel Fadem,
Associate, Anderson School of Management, UCLA U. S. A.

DVD STORY MENU

Everyone is Involved

Integrated Process Control

Employees & The Customer

Employee Ownership of Quality

Quality Pay-Offs

Story #2
Pay For Skills
Background

Material
This 25-minute documentary
shows how the content and administration of a highly successful Pay & Progression system can provide flexibility, competence, and
continuous on-the-job learning.

"Short of a plant visit ... this one-of-a-kind video is a great way to get an inside look at Skill-based Pay."

- Don Barkman,
The Business Center,
Knoxville, Tennessee, U. S. A.

DVD STORY MENU

High Performance Workplace

Multi-Skilled Flexibility

Pay & Progression

Training Systems

Total Learning Environment

CUSTOMIZED LEARNING – THEMES & RESOURCES

The overriding theme of this program is expressed by Peter Senge in his classic book, "The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization" (see Good Reading) where it is said "the organizations that will truly excel…will discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization". A Learning Organization is one that is designed as a whole system, with multiple support systems encouraging a 'community' of continuous learning, (see Good Reading) "Benefits of Variable Pay within a High Performance Work System".

Other key themes of this program are 'Knowledge' Work, Multi-Skilling and Flexibility, Employees & The Customer, Information Systems, Training, and Whole Systems Development.

Themes are linked to other programs in this DVD Collection; "Responsible Self-Management ": Story 1: Cutting Edge Teamwork, and Story 2: The Power of Participation; and the program "Engineering for Commitment": Legacy for the Information Age.

For more information—see "A Learning Organization": The Resource Guide.