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Triple loop learning explained

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Triple loop learning is learning on three levels. In addition to the 'how' question (how can it be improved?) and the 'why' question (why did I do things the way I did? What was the intention?). In single loop learning, knowledge and behavior are expanded by input from the environment. More profound change also requires 'meta-learning', or double loop learning, in which the frame of reference for the knowledge itself is revised. That frame of reference consists of the presuppositions, assumptions and attitudes on which our thinking and construction are based. Through reflection we gain more insight into this frame of reference, which is usually only implicit, and we can step out of normal ways of thinking and become aware of our mental model. Triple loop learning means that reflection takes place on the level of action, the level of insights and the 'level of being'. This can lead to a change in doing, thinking or being but it doesn't h...

The Vision Deployment Matrix

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  Formulating concrete and achievable goals in time Once the mission and vision of the organization are known, the translation of the vision into concrete goals that can be achieved in time and the description of the working method used to achieve these goals can be made (strategic policy). One of the instruments that can be used for this is the Vision Deployment Matrix by Daniel Kim (1995). The Vision Deployment Matrix based on Daniel Kim (1995) The Vision Deployment Matrix works from five perspectives. This increases employee involvement. Despite the fact that people think and work from different perspectives, everyone can still make a contribution in this way. For example, an intervention can focus on adjusting existing mental models or more on making new work arrangements. Naturally, a combination of different perspectives can also be used in a particular intervention. The five perspectives from the Vision Deployment Matrix have been used by Shibley (2006) in his 'Learning Acti...