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PHS Staff Bulletin September 3 - 7
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Chapter 1: Research and Theory
The Nature of Organizations
"Organizations, by definition, are made up of people and their interactions. Within an organization, no one truly acts independently; one's actions and behaviors affect--and are affected by--the actions and behaviors of other members of the organization. Organizational theorist Donald A. Schon (1983) described organizations as 'repositories of cumulatively built-up knowledge: principles and maxims of practice, images of mission and identity, facts about the task environment, techniques of operation, stories of past experience which serve as exemplars for future action.' In other words, organizations have the ability to store information.
However, a great deal of the organization knowledge that develops over time cannot be stored formally--written procedures and other documents do not suffice to record practical or tacit knowledge (Pfeffer & Sutton, 2000). Instead, this information exists within the dynamics of the organization itself, 'by the stories people tell to each other, by the trials and errors that occur as people develop knowledge and skill, by inexperienced people watching those more experienced, and by experienced people providing people providing close and constant coaching to newcomers'. In light of these ideas about the ways knowledge is shared within organizations, it seems rather intuitive that increased collaboration would lead to an increase in both organizational and individual knowledge."
--excerpt from Collaborative Teams that Transform Schools,
Marzano, Heflebower, Hoegh, Warrick, and Grift
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