TY - GEN
T1 - Learning about the influence of certain strategies and communication structures in the organizational effectiveness
AU - Barros, Ricardo
AU - Ramírez, Catalina
AU - Stradaioli, Katherine
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The purpose of the article is to present the learning about the influence of certain strategies (cooperation or competition) and communication structures (circular or star-shaped) in the organizational effectiveness facing a given task. This article illustrates an active learning methodology that enables the members of an organization, through experimentation and observation, to design organizations and take decisions regarding the most appropriate communication structures and organizational structures, using the distinctions they can obtain as a result of their own experience. The methodology was designed for the Organizations Systemic Thinking course of the Industrial Engineering Department of Los Andes University, in which the engineering students learn concepts related to the communication structures and the organizational strategies for organizational effectiveness. Based upon the experience of the aforementioned design, several trial tests have been made with senior students in high school and with engineering teachers of different universities in Europe and Latin America.
AB - The purpose of the article is to present the learning about the influence of certain strategies (cooperation or competition) and communication structures (circular or star-shaped) in the organizational effectiveness facing a given task. This article illustrates an active learning methodology that enables the members of an organization, through experimentation and observation, to design organizations and take decisions regarding the most appropriate communication structures and organizational structures, using the distinctions they can obtain as a result of their own experience. The methodology was designed for the Organizations Systemic Thinking course of the Industrial Engineering Department of Los Andes University, in which the engineering students learn concepts related to the communication structures and the organizational strategies for organizational effectiveness. Based upon the experience of the aforementioned design, several trial tests have been made with senior students in high school and with engineering teachers of different universities in Europe and Latin America.
KW - Circular-communication-structure
KW - Collaborative learning
KW - Competitive-organizational-strategy
KW - Cooperative-organizational-strategy
KW - Design of a learning process through active experimentation
KW - Star-shaped-communication-structure
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84938789507
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84938789507
T3 - Proceedings of 36th European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI Conference on Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation
BT - Proceedings of 36th European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI Conference on Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation
A2 - Fink, Flemming K.
PB - Sense Publishers
T2 - 36th SEFI Annual Conference 2008
Y2 - 2 July 2008 through 5 July 2008
ER -