Values Development And Learning Organizations By Brian Hall Summary

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Brian Hall, in his journal “Values development and learning organizations” explores, discusses, and cites examples and studies on the significance of value systems and its development in the context of organizations. The article begins by giving knowledge creation as an example that when shared, creates knowledge. Hall (2001) contends that knowledge is one of the prime movers of economic development of the 20th century. This is where Hall was able to the draw the relationship between knowledge and values. Like knowledge, value creation is also a by-product of shared values through human interaction. In an organizational setup, constant interactions form relationships and it is through these relationships that individuals are able to consciously, or unconsciously share values that if multiplied, or integrated with different value sets in an organization may form a set of organizational values (Hall, 2001). The journal further explored the role of technology in the context of our times not only as a means of information dissemination, but also that of values propagation. Ethics Resource Center (2009) defines values as “Core beliefs that guide and motivate attitudes and actions”. This definition supports the idea that values are neutral. What determines values as either good or bad is human reasoning as to how certain values affect mankind in general. The journal highlights the parallelism between the four levels of knowledge and the four levels of organization. Lastly, the journal shares the story surrounding the struggles of Wilhelmsen Lines following the tragedy involving the company’s top executives, as well as the company’s merger with Wallenius Lines.
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... have experienced imbibes that culture of excellence, committed to producing graduates that would have a significant contribution to society in the future. This commitment and culture tend to be consistent with DLSU’s tag line. “The future begins here”. As a high school graduate of La Salle Green Hills (LSGH), and a teacher of the same institution, the same can be said of my experience with DLSU. As per my observations of the working culture and values that were brought to the consciousness in LSGH, the faculty tends to imbibe the values of tolerance and acceptance of conflicting views. The faculty tends to believe in the culture and spirit of dialogue in line with these conflicting views, which ultimately produced a good amount of graduates that know how to maintain respect and know how to utilize the spirit of dialogue in conflict resolutions- Christian gentlemen.

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