Learning Organizations and the Virtual Team

Overview/Description
 This is an enlightening course that explores the concept of "learning organizations" as they relate to virtual teams. This course will compare the traditional models of learning vs. the emerging models of learning. It will teach evaluative tools that can be used to decide how to set up a learning organization in your organization based on the principles of learning and Complex Systems Theory.

Target Audience
 Virtual team leaders

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

An Overview of Complex Systems Theory

  • recognize the benefits of applying Complex Systems Theory to virtual team management.
  • identify key components of complex systems.
  • select correct statements about how complex systems work.
  • identify several appropriate applications of Complex Systems Theory to leading virtual teams.

    • Learning Models

  • recognize the importance of various models of learning as they apply to virtual team leadership.
  • identify the characteristics of traditional learning models.
  • identify the characteristics of learning organizations.
  • identify methods of applying appropriate learning models to virtual teams.

    • How Teams Learn

  • recognize the critical importance of understanding the different stages of team development and learning.
  • identify the purpose of the forming stage of group development and learning.
  • identify the purpose of the storming stage of group development and learning.
  • identify the purpose of the norming stage of group development and learning.
  • identify the purpose of the performing stage of group development and learning.

    • Organizing for Your Future

  • recognize the benefits of preparing a business to become a learning organization, especially through the use of virtual teams.
  • distinguish among the five different assessments that an organization can use to assess organizational assumptions.
  • identify the components of highly functional virtual teams.
  • identify the elements of virtual teams that are compatible with learning-organization philosophy.

    • Course Number: TEAM0226