Hillside Yellers

["Gordon Hall" <g.hall@dln.org.uk>]

An aspect that we may be shying away from is that of "Theory of =
Knowledge"

Quoting Deming he said "knowledge is based on theory" - Douglas McGregor =
considered that " the organisation's theoretical assumptions determine =
its character" -there are plenty of other such quotes.

I was listening to an old BDA tape the other day when Peter Scholtes was =
talking about "The New Leadership Competences" - his comment ( approx) =
was

Without application theory is of no value
Without theory application has no direction - no basis from which we can =
learn

Selling theory is of course difficult - our managers have no concept of =
theory. I attend many presentations on successful projects - and =
regrettably very few, if any, identify their theoretical underpinnings. =
This includes Universities, we would expect them to teach theory - but =
of course do not.

footnote: On the radio in England last week - an admission that the =
school curriculum in England has not changed its basis for the past 150 =
years. =20

Gordon Hall
The Deming Learning Network
Aim: Continual organisational improvement through the application of =
learning
Tel: 00 44 1358 721258
e-mail: g.hall@dln.org.uk
web site: www.dln.org.uk