A correlational study between high school administrators' perception of their school as a learning organization and the percentage in which students graduate under the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis put more stress on students graduating from high school during the 2020-2021 school year in a myriad of ways. During regular times, this transition can already be overwhelming, disappointing, and even treacherous for some students (Hollander, 2020). In the uncertain days of COVID-19, the education landscape has been disrupted.This study examined the relationship between a high school administrator's perception of their school as a learning organization, the instructional models implemented, and the percentage in which students graduate under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Given that students may be farther behind than in a typical year due to the loss of three (3) to four (4) months of formalized instruction, high schools across the country needed to redefine their instructional delivery and adapt to the many health and safety requirements under the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the COVID-19 learning interruptions are unprecedented in modern times, there was minimal research on school systems that practice learning organization theory and their ability to adapt during significant change and maintain high graduation rates.The findings in this study suggest that high schools who adopt the learning organization framework experienced higher graduation rates. This study aligns with Peter Senge's Learning Organizational Theory and implies that when schools practice the five disciplines of a learning organization, a high graduation rate outcome is achieved.The study provides implications for school practitioners and leaders as the findings provide a basis for change in school districts. The significance that schools with high graduation rates have acquired the necessary knowledge of a learning organization and its five core disciplines is a catalyst for schools worldwide to adopt this practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

LEARNING STRATEGIES, AN ADDITIONAL PINCH TO LEARNING A Study of the use of learning strategies by high school students in Mexico

This research presents an analysis of the learning strategies employed by students during confinement due to Covid-19 in the year 2021. The study sample consisted of 200 students from the Licenciado Benito Juárez García high school of the morning shift of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. A survey was applied to measure the degree of satisfaction in relation to their use and impact on the acquisition of knowledge, allowing them to be more self-taught. The results show that the hypothesis was partially fulfilled, since practice and organization are the learning strategies that most supported them in learning. © GKA Ediciones, authors. Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada.

Managing Ebola and Covid-19 Crises for Aviation Industry: Did Industry Learn How to Learn?

Learning is necessary for an organization to evolve, improve and innovate. We are all conditioned to benefit from the evident effects of our behaviors. After the first try, we do not touch the hot stove again. We are also conditioned to recognize complex scenarios and apply fast solutions. Companies are like humans and they also learn as people do. From this point of view, the aviation industry is discussed in this study beyond the learning loops approach of Agrysis which is an effective tool that encourages the kind of thought and action that is needed to transform an organization into a learning one. Turkish Airlines, EasyJet, Delta Airlines, Air China, United Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Ryanair had chosen as the sample of this study and data collected from the annual reports of these companies was analyzed with document analysis methodology. By comparing the crisis management styles of the industry during Ebola and Covid-19 Diseases the question "did the industry learn how to learn?" tried to be answered and as a result, the study found that the way the industry responded to both crises had not gone too far from single loop learning, or in other words, the industry had only given a reaction to the actions on time and forgot every experience till the next crisis. In the end, the study discussed that single loop learning style of airline companies may be the reason for the rapid spread of those kinds of diseases all over the world.

Knowledge and skills of the digital transformation of the Greek public school in the post covid era

The present research focuses on the digital transformation the Greek Public School underwent, within a few months, due to the Covid - 19 crisis. The need for a digitally transformed education system that meets the requirements of the 21st century and is characterized using educational and computing technologies [1], was highlighted by the Covid - 19 coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, the transformation of educational units into learning organizations [2] which are digitally update and, hence, can effectively cope with the new circumstances, was also introduced. The aim of this research is to examine the perceptions the principals of the Primary Schools in the Region of Western Greece have, regarding the need for the Greek Primary School to follow the trends of the new digital era and become sufficient in their use. It, also, examines the principals' level of ICT knowledge and skills as well as their willingness to respond to the challenges that call for an education system compatible with the new digital era and the necessity of school units to function as learning organizations in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The research was conducted with the use of a questionnaire with close-ended questions. According to the results, the principals were found to have positive attitudes and views towards the available digital tools and platforms used in education in the last two years even though, most of them have low level ICT knowledge and skills. Moreover, they believe that the digital transformation of education is a slow-moving process due to certain obstacles which, also, prevent the transformation of educational units into learning organizations. © 2022 IEEE.

Model of Work Performance Polytechnic in Pandemic Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated every element, include the education sector, Indonesia's Institute of Shipping Polytechnic, which has made researchers interested in understanding the performance of employee at the Shipping Polytechnic of Barombong and Banten. The research was analyzed by quantitative methods and structural equation modeling, this study examines self-efficacy, organizational learning, leadership, and culture. There were 201 employees who took part in this study. The study results indicate that leadership has a significant effect in the way employees perform, it may cause an attention for leaders at Banten and Barombong Shipping Polytechnic. © 2022, Association Res Militaris. All rights reserved.

A correlational study between high school administrators' perception of their school as a learning organization and the percentage in which students graduate under the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis put more stress on students graduating from high school during the 2020-2021 school year in a myriad of ways. During regular times, this transition can already be overwhelming, disappointing, and even treacherous for some students (Hollander, 2020). In the uncertain days of COVID-19, the education landscape has been disrupted.This study examined the relationship between a high school administrator's perception of their school as a learning organization, the instructional models implemented, and the percentage in which students graduate under the COVID-19 Pandemic. Given that students may be farther behind than in a typical year due to the loss of three (3) to four (4) months of formalized instruction, high schools across the country needed to redefine their instructional delivery and adapt to the many health and safety requirements under the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the COVID-19 learning interruptions are unprecedented in modern times, there was minimal research on school systems that practice learning organization theory and their ability to adapt during significant change and maintain high graduation rates.The findings in this study suggest that high schools who adopt the learning organization framework experienced higher graduation rates. This study aligns with Peter Senge's Learning Organizational Theory and implies that when schools practice the five disciplines of a learning organization, a high graduation rate outcome is achieved.The study provides implications for school practitioners and leaders as the findings provide a basis for change in school districts. The significance that schools with high graduation rates have acquired the necessary knowledge of a learning organization and its five core disciplines is a catalyst for schools worldwide to adopt this practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Das Krankenhaus als lernende Organisation während der Pandemie: Herausforderungen und Learnings

This article addresses the extraordinarily high organizational demands on a university hospital during the pandemic. Healthcare provision for the population and responsiveness as an employer for employee security require the capacity to act as a learning organization with high organizational resilience. In the pandemic, the nursing profession assumes a key role in the entire hospital organization. Therefore, it is highly relevant that organizational learning and organizational resilience are visible and sustainably realized in practice. Hospitals have an advantage over other organizations. They are familiar with handling "extraordinary situations". In the clinical context, concepts such as organizational preparedness or disaster preparedness have been relevant already before the pandemic. Against this background, the current article describes how pandemic-related experiences in the context of university nursing care may become catalysators of organizational development: more agile forms of working, flattened hierarchies, intensified communication and reinforced interprofessional cooperation become possible. Based on the example of a Swiss university hospital, this article is focused on the following five major challenges and associated learnings: (1) "ensuring more agile forms of organizing and collaborating", (2) "proactively ensuring nursing care", (3) "facilitating cohesion by means of communication and participation", (4) "being a leader who is conveying safety in the midst of insecurity", (5) "sustainably fostering a resilient and caring organization".

"Debriefing and Organizational Lessons Learned" (DOLL): A Qualitative Study to Develop a Classification Framework for Reporting Clinical Debriefing Results.

Background: The COVID-19 crisis has radically affected our healthcare institutions. Debriefings in clinical settings provide a time for the clinicians to reflect on the successes (pluses) and difficulties (deltas) encountered. Debriefings tend to be well-received if included in the broader management of the unit. The goal of this study was to develop a framework to categorize these debriefings and to assess its worthiness. Methods: A qualitative approach based on a grounded theory research method was adopted resulting in the "Debriefing and Organizational Lessons Learned" (DOLL) framework. Debriefings were conducted within two Emergency Departments of a Belgian University Hospital during an 8-week period. In the first step, three researchers used debriefing transcripts to inductively develop a tentative framework. During the second step, these three researchers conducted independent categorizations of the debriefings using the developed framework. In step 3, the team analyzed the data to understand the utility of the framework. Chi-square was conducted to examine the associations between the item types (pluses and deltas) and the framework's dimensions. Results: The DOLL is composed of seven dimensions and 13 subdimensions. Applied to 163 debriefings, the model identified 339 items, including 97 pluses and 242 deltas. Results revealed that there was an association between the frequency of pluses and deltas and the dimensions (p < 0.001). The deltas were mainly related to the work environment (equipment and maintenance) (p < 0.001) while the pluses identified tended to be related to the organization of the unit (communication and roles) (p < 0.001). With leadership's support and subsequent actions, clinicians were more enthusiastic about participating and the researchers anecdotally detected a switch toward a more positive organizational learning approach. Conclusion: The framework increases the potential value of clinical debriefings because it organizes results into actionable areas. Indeed, leadership found the DOLL to be a useful management tool. Further research is needed to investigate how DOLL may work in non-crisis circumstances and further apply the DOLL into incident reporting and risk management process of the unit.

Students’ Perceptions of Gained and Lost Value: A Case Study of a Summer School That Had to Suddenly Move Online

The COVID-19 lockdown induced a sudden migration of traditionally presential learning activities to online domains, as was the case of inter-institutional summer schools. This research corresponds to a case study in which our organization had to reformulate, in less than three months, one of its traditional summer schools while trying to keep the original goals. Through qualitative and quantitative surveys, we aimed at identifying the impact of our reformulation through students’ perception of gained or lost value regarding four topics: (a) online teaching, (b) pre-recorded business cases, (c) online social events, and (d) technical solutions. By analyzing these four topics with emphasis on participants’ knowledge and learning experience, we identified some “tensions” leading to loss of value (i.e., belonging, performing, and organizing). These tensions suggest that future reformulations should be conducted considering students’ backgrounds and motivations.

CHALLENGES TO THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNCERTAINTY: CREATIVITY – BASED RESPONSE

The COVID-19 pandemic poses several challenges transforming the learning organization. The retention of sustainability in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty requires immediate response. Therefore, this paper addresses the following research question: how does organizational creativity contribute to managing challenges in the context of COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty as a precondition for resilience? Thus, the paper offers several contributions. First of all, the research dwells on the conceptual attributes of the learning organization: the object is identified and substantiated, the ways the learning organization’s vulnerability manifests itself through are presented;the factors creating the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability are discussed;it is identified what capacities are necessary and in what learning processes they develop to reduce the learning organization’s COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability. Secondly, the paper identifies and discusses critical challenges to the learning organization caused by COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty, the ones that the organization must react to immediately to reduce its COVID-19 pandemic vulnerability: rapid social innovation cycle, expansion of organizational learning and optimisation of perceived organizational support for employee trust and commitment. Thirdly, the paper discuss how creativity is important for response. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.

The Impact of Technological Developments on Remote Working: Insights from the Polish Managers' Perspective

"Stay at home" orders during the COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the day-to-day operations of many organizations and moved employees from offices to homes. The sudden crisis forced companies to reformulate their operations. Enabling employees to work from home has become a necessity for both business continuity and survival. The unexpected crisis has also proved to be beneficial for some aspects of economic activity. This research focuses on identifying and measuring the benefits of and barriers to remote work from an organizational perspective, as perceived by managerial staff in Poland. We investigate the factors that influence the assessment of the scale of benefits of and barriers to remote working. The study examines the impact of various factors on the benefits of and barriers to remote working, such as a company's previous experience with remote working, the support provided to employees by the company, the monitoring of remote working effects, and the implementation of new IT tools. These results suggest that the way the company and employees are managed in a crisis, the approach of superiors to the evaluation and control of effects on work, and the adaptation of support to the real needs of employees, all play fundamental roles. The factors examined that influence the perceived benefits of or barriers to remote working from an organization's perspective contribute to adoption theory.

Public Health Leadership in a VUCA World Environment: Lessons Learned during the Regional Emergency Rollout of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations in Heidelberg, Germany, during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The purpose of this work is to share methods used and lessons learned during a comprehensive inter-institutional pandemic disaster response in Heidelberg, Germany, conveying experiences of the regional SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rollout campaign for up to 1,000,000 vaccines in the year 2020. In this volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, the following five strategic elements were pertinent for institutional arrangements so that specific contributions of the various project partners would be available fast without the necessity of extensive negotiations or information exchange: (1) robust mandate, (2) use of established networks, (3) fast onboarding and securing of commitment of project partners, (4) informed planning of supply capacity, and (5) securing the availability of critical items. Planning tools included analyses through a VUCA lens, analyses of stakeholders and their management, possible failures, and management of main risks including mitigation strategies. The method of the present analysis (VUCA factors combined with analyses of possible failures, and management of stakeholders and risks) can theoretically be adjusted to any public health care emergency anywhere across the globe. Lessons learned include ten tactical leadership priorities and ten major pitfalls.

Head teachers' opinions on the future of school education conditioned by emergency remote teaching.

The study explores the school transformation process as evidenced by the opinions of head teachers. The main goal of the research was to present a content analysis study of the Polish educational environment on the basis of primary and secondary head teachers' views on the risks and perspectives brought by the global Covid-2019 lockdown. The conceptual framework was based on the theoretical perspective (the cognitive and affective processes in multimedia learning, the theory of motivation, and goal setting) as well as the model of the school as a learning organization and the assumptions of Emergency Remote Teaching. The categorized interviews with the head teachers were conducted using a categorized interview questionnaire and the respondents considered various categories problems within educational practice related to the functioning of schools during the pandemic. The selection of study participants was deliberate using the snowball sampling method, 18 head teachers participated in this study. The research conducted allowed the specification of the different areas of influence of Emergency Remote Teaching on the transformation of the school as a learning organization (e.g. the functioning of the school in mutual internal and external network cooperation, the dissemination and extending of communication areas using information technologies, the strengthening of the network interaction through information technologies, and other areas). The paper contains numerous recommendations that can improve the school's functioning in the future, based on the experience gained during Emergency Remote Teaching. These experiences can accelerate the organizational and didactic development of the school as a learning organization.

Building learning organizational culture during COVID-19 outbreak: a national study.

BACKGROUND: Hospitals and healthcare institutions should be observant of the ever-changing environment and be adaptive to learning practices. By adopting the steps and other components of organizational learning, healthcare institutions can convert themselves into learning organizations and ultimately strengthen the overall healthcare system of the country. The present study aimed to examine the influence of several organizational learning dimensions on organization culture in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 outbreak. METHODS: During COVID-19 crisis in 2020, an online cross-sectional study was performed. Data were collected via official emails sent to 1500 healthcare professionals working in front line at four sets of hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Basic descriptive analysis was constructed to identify the variation between the four healthcare organizations. A multiple regression was employed to explore how hospitals can adopt learning process during pandemics, incorporating several Dimensions of Learning Organizations Questionnaire (DLOQ) developed by Marsick and Watkins (2003) and Leufvén and others (2015). RESULTS: Organizational learning including system connections (M = 3.745), embedded systems (M = 3.732), and team work and collaborations (M = 3.724) tended to have major significant relationships with building effective learning organization culture. Staff empowerment, dialogues and inquiry, internal learning culture, and continuous learning had the lowest effect on building health organization culture (M = 3.680, M = 3.3.679, M = 3.673, M = 3.663, respectively). A multiple linear regression was run to predict learning organization based on the several variables. These variables statistically significantly predicted learning organization, F (6, 1124) = 168.730, p < .0005, R2 = 0.471, (p < .05). DISCUSSION: The findings concluded that although intrinsic factors like staff empowerment, dialogues and inquiry, and internal learning culture, revealed central roles, still the most crucial factors toward the development of learning organization culture were extrinsic ones including connections, embed system and collaborations. CONCLUSIONS: Until knowledge-sharing is embedded in health organizational systems; organizations may not maintain a high level of learning during crisis.

Realizing the Promise of Learning Organizations to Transform Mental Health Care: Telepsychiatry Care As an Exemplar.

To address the global mental health crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has emerged to transform the accessibility, efficiency, and quality of mental health care. The next suite of efforts to transform mental health care must foster the implementation of "learning organizations," that is, organizations that continuously improve patient-centered care through ongoing data collection. The concept of learning organizations is highly regarded, but the key features of such organizations, particularly those providing mental health care, are less well defined. Using telepsychiatry care as an example, the authors of this Open Forum concretely describe the key building blocks for operationalizing a learning organization in mental health care to set a research agenda for services transformation.