Building a Global Learning Organization

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Marquardt
Keyword(s):  
Learning Organization ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Corporate Learning ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Quality Learning ◽  
A Company

Two of the most critical issues facing business today are globalization and learning. Becoming a global learning organization is now essential for success in the marketplace. Based on research and experience with 50 organizations identified as learning organizations, the author noted 19 attributes or dimensions which were common to most of these organizations, namely: individual learning; group learning; streamlined structure; corporate learning culture; empowerment; environmental scanning; knowledge creation and transfer; learning technology; quality; learning strategy; supportive atmosphere; teamwork and networking; vision; acculturization; borders; globalization; language; leadership; and workforce diversity. Professor Marquardt concludes with 14 steps or actions which a company might consider in building itself into a global learning organization.

Training the world: using archetypes to create a practical global learning strategy

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Richard Mesch ◽  
Stacie Comolli
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Learning ◽  
Cultural Preferences ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Preference

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define a new methodology for designing corporate learning for a global audience and to provide a case study of that methodology in action. The Global Learning Archetypes approach adapts well-established cultural preference models and combines them with insightful learning models. The result is three primary Global Learning Archetypes and six secondary archetypes that allow training to be designed once and used around the world. Design/methodology/approach – The Global Learning Archetype approach was created by evaluating well-established global cultural preferences models, integrating them with a proprietary learning criteria model, and developing a model for rapidly and cost-effectively creating learning for multiple geographies. Additionally, a case study illustrates both the challenges and successes when implementing this model in a large global corporation. Findings – Most organizations create global learning either by creating content in their “home” location and then adapting it for other locations, or by distributing a single version of content and trusting local facilitators to provide context for it. The first method is expensive and time-consuming; the second method is risky and unreliable. The Global Archetype method provides for creating learning interactions that are appropriate for multiple geographies in a single effort. Practical implications – Most large organizations are global, and smaller organizations increasingly have a global footprint. According to Fortune Magazine, the Fortune Global 500 are headquartered in 37 different countries and do business in over 150 different countries. An Institute for the Future/Intuit study notes that by 2018, half of all US small businesses will be involved in international trade. CSA Research observes that businesses spend about US$31 billion a year on localization. A method for providing global learning in both an impactful and cost-effective way is clearly necessary. Originality/value – The Global Learning Archetypes method is comparatively new, but it draws from well-established and well-vetted content on worldwide cultural preferences and on effective learning criteria. As such, it is a valuable synthesis of the proven and the innovative. Far more than a conceptual model, the Global Archetypes have been used by some of the largest organizations in the world; a case study of one such implementation is provided in this paper.

Digital transformation of face-to-face focus group methodology: engaging a globally dispersed audience in management of institutional change (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Mahmoud ◽  
Anna TOKAR ◽  
Melissa ARRIAS ◽  
Christos MYLONAS ◽  
Heini UTUNEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

UNSTRUCTURED As part of its transformation process to meet the health challenges of the 21st century by creating a motivated and fit-for-purpose global workforce, the World Health Organization (WHO) is developing the first-ever global Learning Strategy for health personnel around the world. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were organized as part of in-depth qualitative research on staff views, visions, and suggestions. Due to the pandemic, a flexible, multi-linguistic, participatory, iterative methodology for digitization of face-to-face FDGs to engage a globally dispersed workforce was implemented.

scholarly journals A Blueprint for Success: A Model for Developing Engineering Education in the UK

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Melanie Rose Nova King ◽  
Peter Willmot
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Support Mechanism ◽  
Education Community ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Quality Learning

This paper details the emergence and development of the ‘Centre for Engineering and Design Education’ (CEDE) at Loughborough University, UK, and provides a blueprint for success. With ample evidence that such a Centre can prove to be a highly effective support mechanism for discipline-specific academics and can develop and maintain valuable national and international networks and collaborations along with considerable esteem for the host university. The CEDE is unique in the UK and has achieved considerable success and recognition within the local engineering education community and beyond for the past 16 years. Here we discuss the historical background of the Centre’s development, the context in which it operates, and its effective management and operation strategy. The success it has enjoyed is described through examples, with much evidence of the generation of a significant amount of external funding; the development of high quality learning spaces; learning technology systems, open source software and improvements in curriculum design; a strong record of research and publication on the pedagogy of engineering; strong links with industry and employers; and a wealth of connections and know-how built up over the years. This paper provides the institutions with a model blueprint for success in developing engineering education.

scholarly journals Sustainable Oil and Profitable Wind

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen Hoffmann ◽  
Maria E. Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Learning ◽  
Constitutive Process ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Social And Environmental Responsibilities ◽  
A Company

Abstract Companies are confronted with differing public perceptions, which influence the way in which they present their social and environmental responsibilities. Our qualitative study compares the online responsibility communication of two companies from the energy sector: Shell, representing the controversial but profitable oil industry; and Vestas, representing the sustainable wind industry, the financial competitiveness of which is sometimes called into question. The website analysis reveals that both companies engage in inverted positioning. They invert perceived weaknesses into strengths: Shell highlights its social and environmental responsibilities, whereas Vestas, instead of capitalising on its potential as a CSR brand, highlights its economic responsibility. Theoretically, we integrate inverted positioning into a constitutive process model of responsibility communication. Inverted positioning might lead either to a reputational downward spiral, making a company less credible in the longer term, or the public communication of contested responsibilities functions as a self-imposed ambition that can, over time, induce substantial corporate learning processes.

scholarly journals Ethnoconstructivism analysis: Study of pedagogic mathematics competence of primary school teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 614
Author(s):  
Syahrial Syahrial ◽  
Asrial Asrial ◽  
Maison Maison ◽  
Amirul Mukminin ◽  
Dwi Agus Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Teacher Understanding ◽  
Teacher Competency ◽  
Mathematics Competence ◽  
Quality Learning

The teacher has an important role in realizing quality learning. Qualified teachers are shown with good competence. Teacher competency can be improved through teacher understanding of non-constructivism knowledge in mathematics learning. Teachers can integrate cultural values and local wisdom into mathematical concepts to shape student knowledge. Integrating cultural values and local wisdom into mathematics learning makes students learn through their cultural background experiences. This research wasa descriptive research employed 691 respondents. The instruments in this study were questionnaires, tests and interviews to reinforce quantitative results. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of <br /> teacher pedagogical knowledge, teacher ethnoconstructivism knowledge, the influence and impact of ethnoconstivism knowledge in mathematics learning. The results of this study indicate the competence of elementary school teachers in Batanghari, Muaro Jambi, and Jambi City tends to be generally not good, and teachers have applied ethno-constructivism in mathematics learning through the use of media, models, and learning strategy. Teachers still encounter many obstacles in the implementation process. And the age range of the teacher has an impact on the level of ethnoconstructivism knowledge in mathematics learning.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS MATHEMATICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bibigul Kazmagambet ◽  
Zhansaya Ibraimova ◽  
Serkan Kaymak
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Attitude Towards Mathematics ◽  
Active Learning Method ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Active Learning Strategy ◽  
The Impact

The world is changing so fast, and therefore education needs to adapt to the challenges of times. In order to update the content of school education in the Republic of Kazakhstan modern trends are going to be used. These trends contain pedagogical methods that can be used to preserve and even increase internal motivation, as active learning. Active learning method is an treatment where students participate or interact with the learning process, as opposed to passively taking in the information.The goal of this study is to identify the impact of active learning method on 10th grade students’ attitude towards mathematics of the students the second semester of the school year 2019-2020. More specifically, it attempted to determine and compare the attitude toward mathematics of students’ exposure to active learning and traditional teaching strategy. The Likert scale used to evaluate the attitude of students toward mathematics. Mean, Cronbach  value, T-test were the statistical tools used in anatomizing and interpreting the research data. The discovering showed that the students in the active learning group had auspicious attitude than students in the conventional teaching group. According to the findings after research, we saw the direct relation between attitude and active learning. It is concluded that the students’ attitude toward mathematics was better by using active learning strategy. It is recommended that mathematics teacher should use active learning strategy in order to improve the attitude toward mathematics of the students.Keywords:  attitude, mathematics, active learning

scholarly journals Perception and Attitude Toward Self-Regulated Learning of Thailand’s Students in Educational Data Mining Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (09) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wongpanya Sararat Nuankaew ◽  
Pratya Nuankaew ◽  
Direk Teeraputon ◽  
Kanakarn Phanniphong ◽  
Sittichai Bussaman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Educational Data Mining ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Modern Learning

The Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) strategies can be the best. It can be achieved by a sub-goal that will be more important in the younger generation. This paper proposes the process of developing factors (attributes) which are related to the development of learning styles through self-regulated strategies. The objectives of this paper are (1) to study the perception and attitude toward the attributes of students with self-regulated learning of the students in higher education, and (2) to find the level of acceptance towards the factor of SRL using applied statistics and machine learning technology. The results show that two tools have proved the respondents and the factors of SRL in the accepted level. Besides, the results found that Thai higher education students still focus on formal learning, which conflicts with the behavior and us-age of Internet and telephone in the classroom. In future work, the author is committed to develop and apply a self-regulated learning strategy model with a combination of collaborative learning strategies of blended learning. Also, it supports undergraduate students in analyzing the factors and studying the behavior patterns of learners in suitable modern learning.

scholarly journals Integrating Sustainability into Higher Education Curricula through the Project Method, a Global Learning Strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fuertes-Camacho ◽  
Mariona Graell-Martín ◽  
Mariana Fuentes-Loss ◽  
M. Balaguer-Fàbregas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Higher levels of material well-being lead almost inevitably to giving priority to individualism and personal advancement, often at the expense of civic conscience. A proposal for integrating sustainability into the curriculum is presented in the third year of the degree in Early Childhood Education at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). Projects on sustainable food are planned and elaborated to this aim. This study seeks to apply a global and systemic approach to solving socio-environmental problems and to check whether education for sustainable development (ESD) helps to develop and encourage actions that promote sustainable development. Quantitative research was conducted using a pre-test/post-test quasi experimental design separated by a period of didactic training in the project method. The results presented in this article show the students’ sustainability competencies (SC) improve after working on didactic proposals in a global manner. It is concluded that elaborating competencies in education for sustainable development enables an integrated approach of knowledge, procedures, attitudes and values in teaching through promoting the project method in multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams, which enhances future teachers’ sustainability competencies.

Faults Made by Leaders and HR Managers in the Selection of Employees and Opportunities to Prevent Them

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Martin MOSER
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
A Company ◽  
Selection Of

Executives and HR managers face many challenges today, such as demographic change, shortage of skilled workers, development of the diversity of the staff, pressure to expect service quality, increase in mental stress, etc. Personnel selection is one of the most critical issues for a company because it is an investment in human capital, which can be a decisive competitive advantage for an organization. For many companies and industries, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find suitable staff, since applicants tend to be interested in large corporations or attractive brands.

Effectiveness of a Global Learning Strategy Practiced in Different Contexts on Primary and Transfer Self-Paced Motor Tasks

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert N. Singer ◽  
Charmaine DeFrancesco ◽  
Lynda E. Randal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Transfer Task ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Strategy Group ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Motor Tasks ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Laboratory Task ◽  
Better Than

(Singer, 1986) on achievement in laboratory and simulated self-paced sport tasks were investigated. Forty undergraduates were randomly stratified according to gender into four treatment groups: (a) a strategy group that initially practiced the strategy while learning the laboratory task (SL), (b) a laboratory control group that began the experiment by learning the task without the strategy (CL), (c) a strategy group that initially applied the strategy to the learning of an applied sport task (SA), and (d) a control group that initially learned the sport task without the strategy (CA). Following the completion of 48 trials with the primary task, all groups performed 50 trials on a transfer task. ANOVAs indicated that both strategy groups performed significantly better than their respective control groups in the primary tasks. Results of the transfer task indicated that the SA group performed at the same level as the SL group but outperformed both control groups. It was concluded that the strategy facilitates achievement in laboratory as well as applied self-paced tasks.

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