Improvement opportunities for learning organizations

Purpose Scope for learning to occur at different levels can increase when firms develop a learning culture. Such organizations are able to identify valuable opportunities by exploiting unique characteristics of different contexts that can facilitate learning. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Scope for learning to occur at different levels can increase when firms develop a learning culture. Such organizations are able to identify valuable opportunities by exploiting unique characteristics of different contexts that can facilitate learning. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

A New Adaptive Corporate Learning Model

The article discusses issues related to the main trends in corporate learning and the creation of a model of adaptive learning organizations. As one of the main conditions for their activities, the idea of forming a knowledge management system in adaptive learning organizations, widespread use of corporate knowledge portals, and empowering communities of practice is put forward and substantiated. In this regard, the article focuses on the peculiarities of their construction and functioning. A list of the main problems that arise in the knowledge management system is given, and the ways of their solution are determined. Particularly interesting is the question of modern new functions of the knowledge management system, an overview of the current existing experience of solving this using e-learning and vr-technologies is given.

A Study on Task Commitment in Coaching Systems, Academic Culture, and Learning Organizations

This study aims to determine the effect of coaching systems, learning organizations, and academic culture on task commitment. A survey and path analysis technique was used in the study. The study was conducted in an education institution (Indonesian Navy) using a proportional random sample of 52 lecturers. The data analysis revealed a direct correlation between task commitment, coaching system, learning organization, and academic culture. Finally, the study concludes that the coaching system's impact and the learning organization's influence on task commitment are critical. As a result, it is recommended that some programs be developed to strengthen the coaching system and learning organization.

The Work Performance of Married Female Employees during Covid-19 Pandemic

The research aims to determine the effect of learning organizations on married female permanent employees' performance at restaurants in Jakarta and Bali by mediating job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The phenomenon that occurs is that married female employees at restaurants tend to work less optimally and are reluctant to participate in development training programs since the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. This quantitative research was conducted with purposive random sampling on 73 married female employee respondents. The measuring instrument is a questionnaire with five-Likert scales—data processing using CB-SEM with Smart PLS program. The results showed a significant influence of learning organizations on female staff performance through the mediation of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The research contribution is expected to provide input to the management at restaurants in managing the performance of married female employees.

Socioscientific-Issues Based Classroom Intervention on Grade 10 Students’ Learning Achievement and Scientific Reasoning

Socioscientific-issues based instruction can promote science to students as a tool for necessary learning in the disruptive world. This instruction helps students critique and response as its nature of science, gaining higher-ordered thinking, and discussing with scientific reasoning. The objectives of this study were to compare learning achievement and scientific reasoning of grade 10 students. The topic “DNA technology” was employed with 90 grade 10 students from 2 classrooms. The quasi-experimental research was designed by comparing learning achievement and scientific reasoning between 2 learning organizations. The research tools were socioscientific-issues based and inquiry-based lesson plans, the achievement test consist of 30 items of 4 choices multiple test and scientific reasoning test. The statistic used to test the hypothesis was independent t-test. The results indicated that students had no difference score of learning achievement between learning organizations. While socioscientific-issues based learning had score of scientific reasoning higher than inquiry-based learning at the .05 level of statistically significance. The study can summarize that socioscientific-issues based learning can promote scientific reasoning to science classroom.

PENGUATAN LITERASI BERBASIS KEARIFAN LOKAL BAGI GURU DI SMA NEGERI 50 MALUKU TENGAH, KECAMATAN TELUK ELPAPUTIH, KABUPATEN MALUKU TENGAH

Abstrak: Penguatan literasi di sekolah merupakan sebuah upaya yang dilakukan dengan melibatkan guru dan siswa secara menyeluruh dengan tujuan agar sekolah menjadi sebagai organisasi pembelajaran yang warganya literat secara sadar dan bertanggung jawab. Hal ini bersejalan dengan kemampuan yang diharapkan, yakni agar para siswa mampu mengakses, memahami, dan menggunakan sesuatu secara cerdas melalui berbagai aktivitas membaca, menulis, menyimak, dan berbicara. Berpijak dari realitas minimnya akses literasi yang berdampak pada rendahnya minat baca-tulis di masyarakat Indonesia, kegiatan pengadian kepada masyarakat ini difokuskan pada peningkatan kecapakan guru dan siswa dalam berliterasi yang berbasis pada kearifan lokal serta penekanan pada pentingnya literasi dalam bingkai etnokomunikasi. Kegiatan dalam bentuk ceramah diselingi pentas seni bahasa dan sastra ini diikuti oleh guru, siswa, dan komunitas seni SMA Negeri 50 Maluku Tengah. Hasil yang dicapai menyasar pada pemahaman dan penyeragaman persepsi tentang pentingnya penguatan literasi dengan menjadikan guru sebagai pionir literasi di sekolah. Para peserta mendapatkan pengetahuan dan pengalaman baru dalam hal alih wahana serta konsep etnokomunikasi sehingga mampu mengeksplorasi kekayaan budaya lokal sebagai wujud jati diri yang mengandung beragam kearifan lokal. Kata kunci: penguatan literasi, kearifan lokal, etnokomunikasi Abstract: Strengthening literacy in schools is an effort made by involving teachers and students as a whole with the aim that schools become learning organizations whose citizens are literate consciously and responsibly. This is in line with the expected abilities, namely so that students are able to access, understand, and use things intelligently through various reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. Based on the reality of the lack of access to literacy which has an impact on the low interest in reading and writing in Indonesian society, this community service activity is focused on increasing the skills of teachers and students in literacy based on local wisdom and emphasizing the importance of literacy in an ethnocommunication frame. The activity in the form of lectures interspersed with language and literary arts performances was attended by teachers, students, and the arts community of SMA Negeri 50 Central Maluku. The results achieved are aimed at understanding and uniform perception of the importance of strengthening literacy by making teachers as literacy pioneers in schools. The participants gained new knowledge and experience in terms of vehicle transfer and the concept of ethnocommunication so that they were able to explore the richness of local culture as a form of identity that contains a variety of local wisdom. Keywords: literacy strengthening, local wisdom, ethnocommunication

Leaders: a comparative analysis of the various leadership styles

It is known that organizations within an evolutionary perspective are in constant learning (learning organizations), so they equip of the ability to learn how to properly respond to the particularities of demands, for this reason organizations understand the need to measure its performance. In this segment of learning and adapting to the demand, the image of the leader and leadership styles become one of the main pillars of strategic management. Therefore, the guiding question of this article lies in a comparative analysis of different leadership styles mainly proposed by three authors: Blanchard and Hersey; Warren Bennis (2001) and Jack Welch; and Max Weber (2016). Other authors have also contributed which came to enrich the epistemological matrix of this research. Thus this research was categorized as basic, analytical, qualitative, of exploratory and descriptive nature due to the observation of facts, analysis and interpretation. Information on the bibliography was classified considering its interpretive epistemological approach. Data were capitulated through reflective reading of theme in focus. One has to conclude that operational compliance process does not counterbalance ineffective people; however, operational compliance process does not block effective people. In this antagonism, the employee ceases to be "simply a piece of Taylor," and goes on to add value, once they have the authority over entire system. The combination between effective leaders and operational compliance process is value-adding for the maintenance and growth of organizations.

Untapped Potential for Professional Learning and Development: Kindergarten as a Learning Organization

The importance of professional learning and development for quality in kindergartens has been established in international research. The fact that the kindergarten is a learning organization can be crucial in achieving necessary professional learning. The aim of this study was to investigate what characterizes Norwegian kindergartens as learning organizations. Our research question is: What kind of understanding do kindergarten managers have of a learning organization, what do they believe that a kindergarten must learn about and what do they perceive as characteristics of a learning kindergarten? We have conducted qualitative interviews with five kindergarten managers. The findings point to joint reflection as a key characteristic of a learning kindergarten. However, kindergartens struggle to make reflection a natural part of a day-to-day practice. Consequently, kindergartens fail to utilize an important potential for professional learning. Hence, we conclude that there is an untapped potential for professional learning and development in Norwegian kindergartens.