Learning Organization

Pre-requisites: Human Resources Development exam

Course objectives: Acquisition of theoretical knowledge about different modalities of learning organization concept. Training for application of the different research paradigms and for designing a practical application of learning organization concept.

Course description: Theoretical course Theoretical foundations of learning organization concept – Synergetic approach to human resources development – Dimensions of different modalities of learning organization concept – Systematic change in organization – Learning as a basis of learning organization (team and organizational learning) Practical course: Different paradigms in research of modalities of learning organization concept – The possibilities of application of different modalities of learning organization concepts in hypothetical situation – Case study: review of the different aspects of changes in modern organization and the possibilities of implications of learning organization concepts and organizational learning.

Learning Outcomes: After completing this course, students will be able: to understand, to explain and to review the possibilities of application of learning organization concept modalities; to apply different paradigms in research; to select, to adjust to the context and to apply in the practice the most suitable modality.

Literature/Reading:

• Robbins, S. (1998), Bitni elementi organizacijskog ponašanja, Mate, Zagreb
• Sengi, P. (2003), Peta disciplina: Umeće i praksa organizacije koja uči, ASEE, Novi Sad;
• Ovesni, K. (2007) Profesionalne asocijacije - ključni element procesa profesionalizacije područja obrazovanja odraslih, Obrazovanje odraslih, Vol. 7, Br. 2, 2007, str. 69-101
• Ovesni, K., prir. (2008), Organizacija koja uči, hrestomatija;
• Karlzon, J. (1997), Trenuci istine, CLIO, Beograd
• Sušanj, Z. (2005), Organizacijska klima i kultura, Slap, Jastrebarsko
• Zaks, V., prir. (2001), Rečnik razvoja, Svetovi, Novi Sad.