Chapter 1: Why is shared information so important in a learning organization in comparison to an efficient performance organization? Discuss how an organization’s approach to sharing information may be related to other elements of organization design such as: structure, tasks, strategy, and culture.

Shared information is important in a learning organization in comparison to

an efficient performance organization because it promotes interaction,

communication, and collaboration. Shared information allows for ideas, data,

experience, and experiments to be discussed allowing the organization probability

to change, expand, and become successful while utilizing different techniques and

processes.

“A learning organization follows the horizontal structure which disbands the vertical structure by flattening the distance between managers at the top of the

organization and putting emphasis on self directed teams, which include members

from several functional areas creating less boundaries” (Daft, 2010, p.31). In a

learning organization there are different departments and the roles within the

department can continually change. Information within a learning organization

provides communication with staff as well as the population it is serving. A learning

organization promotes change, improvement, involvement, and awareness.

Chapter 1: What are some differences that one might anticipate among the expectations of stakeholder for a nonprofit organization versus a for-profit business? Do you believe nonprofit managers have to pay more attention to stakeholders than business managers?

The most fundamental difference between a for- profits versus a nonprofit

organization is the reason they operate the way they do. For-profit organizations

are usually founded to generate income. Nonprofit organizations serve