Evaluating and Identifying Online Resources
This post is late because I did not read my assignment all the way through and thought I was finished with last week’s assignments when I was not. I apologize to anyone who tried to get to my blog only to leave empty-handed!
This week’s work was on how the brain works and how people think and problem solve, what types of processes are used and to really delve into how people think affects the way they learn. The assignment was to find two blogs that covers those types of topics.
The first blog that I found is:
http://beatricebenne.com/2009/11/12/don%e2%80%99t-fix-problems-%e2%80%9cdissolve%e2%80%9d-them/
It was interesting because it focused on a different way to approach problem solving, by “dissolving”, an idea that Russell Ackoff was known for. The basic idea is to make sure that all of the stakeholders have a piece of the decisions that are made. There are several other things that he also pointed out, such as challenging preexisting assumptions and solving root causes of problems rather than the symptoms.The second blog that I found is:
http://www.whatmakesthemclick.net/
This blog is interesting because the entire blog is devoted to the way people think. Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D., the author of this blog, relates psychology to how people think and behave. She has some interesting points especially in the blog entry entitled, “You Reconstruct Your Memories.” She relates to how some memories can thought of as movie clips and also how people can mix up different events in their lives.
That is it for week 2!
Serena
Comments
Hello Serena,
I followed the link you provided to Beatrice Benne and was interested in the quote she posted by Professor Russell Ackoff: “dissolving complex societal and organizational problems by engaging all stakeholders in designing solutions.” It reminds me of our last Walden course "Organizations, Innovation, and Change" when we talked about why some change is not long-lived. Do you agree that it fits within that framework?
Andrea Hildreth
Posted by: Andrea Hildreth | November 19, 2009 12:27 PM