Organisational learning and knowledge management

Read Comments Comments (8)

• Ghanaman1 11 years ago

  They can,t manage, but they are corrupt. Look at Mahama govt.

  They can,t manage, but they are corrupt. Look at Mahama govt.

  reply
• C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

  I find your comment very stupid! Please stop it!
  
  Andy-K

  I find your comment very stupid! Please stop it!
  
  Andy-K

  reply
• insight to the bone 11 years ago

  Ayigbe JJ is the worst thing that has happened to Ghana and we know for a fact that historians who are not under the influence of his brainwash propaganda or children of the future will very rightly confirm so . i am hoping G ...
  read full comment

  Ayigbe JJ is the worst thing that has happened to Ghana and we know for a fact that historians who are not under the influence of his brainwash propaganda or children of the future will very rightly confirm so . i am hoping God will keep him alive so we can prosecute him in court or at the Hague , As long as he has any influence in Ghana's politics the country can never prosper , its as if Russia still had Stalin or Germany Hitler , people who have committed crimes against humanity are often the very same who promote a perverted propaganda machinery like we see today in Ghana . Criminals like PV are being celebrated but don't realize this man helped set up a dictation that cased the suffering of millions and the exodus of the finest brains of the land ,persecution of the Akans . This is the govt that sets impostors and fakes to rule the majority . We have the Ahvois and Hannah Tetteh who are not Fantis masquerading as such , PV for years made it appear he was Ashanti especially through the Kotoko fb club but he was Guan , many Ewes disguise themselves as Akans so they can coining their phrase ' penetrate and infiltrate' Akan lands . The legacy of JJ is hate everything Akan and deny them real self rule . JJ in any country or normal democracy would be considered a non desirable criminal except cult personality criminally minded north Korea and Qaddafi's Libya . Any nation that allowed minorities to rule and control like Hitler the Austrian ,or Stalin the Georgian have always suffered tragedies that take decades to recover from . we are tired of the reckless willfulness of these leaders from minority tribal groups who only come with corruption in their hearts and hatred of the values and potential of the majority . this mafia political oligarchy that has a stranglehold on our people needs to be removed by force and if it takes a war to do it so be it

  reply
• C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

  I started writing my longer comment below and managed to complete it now, only to realise that you had meanwhile posted your idiotic one track, deranged rambling trash here too.
  
  You know what? You are a dirty, lousy, ment ...
  read full comment

  I started writing my longer comment below and managed to complete it now, only to realise that you had meanwhile posted your idiotic one track, deranged rambling trash here too.
  
  You know what? You are a dirty, lousy, mentally deranged individual of the lowest class origins. A real scumbag consumed with envy, hate and a feeling of self worthlessness! Don't blame that on Ewes and Northerners!
  
  If those people you mentioned are not Fantis, then what are they? And why on earth must an Ewe disguise himself or herself as an Akan? Since when did they start doing that? You see, you really don't know who the Ewes are! I'll tell you soon.
  
  Until Bonduku conference of 1974, all Twi language related speakers were not classified as Akans. Fantis, e.g., were classified as Fantis, just as Asantes in all previous populations prior to that.
  
  Fact is, there has never been a monolothic, united Akan ethnic group in the past. A large proportion of the people now classified under Akans had ancestors who were not Twi speakers. Some came from as far as the Congo on Portuguese slave boats. I bet you a scion of one such people. Lovejoy and others had argued that, without their labour, the forest zones couldn't have been settled on such a large scale in Ghana.
  
  Yes, if you don't know, the records of how those now known as Akans came into being are there. And we aware of how they used to war on each other for captives to sell as slaves, use in ritual sacrifices, farm labour, etc. Give up on this mythical Akanland dream, as it'd never materialise.
  
  As for your vile jealousy of Ewes, and now Northerners, there is nothing we can do to help you. You'd stew in your own bile, you scum!
  
  Andy-K

  reply
• C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

  Fidelis,
  
  I am disappointed at your write-up. I said to myself here is at last something from my field of specialisation to read but was at a loss what you were driving at.
  
  My MPhil was in Organisation Theory and Adminis ...
  read full comment

  Fidelis,
  
  I am disappointed at your write-up. I said to myself here is at last something from my field of specialisation to read but was at a loss what you were driving at.
  
  My MPhil was in Organisation Theory and Administration from the AdmOrg Dept of the Univ. of Bergen, one of the few insts. in the West which offer Organisation Theory as a course of study on its own, not as part of another course. I was a teaching asst. there and had read through a number of Phil dissertations and a couple of PhD theses before their defence. I'd ask you to re-write this piece, not only because of the poor level of the English but also because it has failed to address the topic appreciably.
  
  1. You didn't define organisational learning and the methods by which organisations learn and/or acquire information. And, store information, which we tend to neglect in Ghana.
  
  2. What kind of knowledge, as different organisations require different forms of knowledge. "New technologies and efficient management of facilities ...."? What?! Do you think Mahama sending 100s of students to study abroad in univ. with GETFUND money will equip those students with those things? Mind you, nobody makes computers in univ. lecture rooms!
  
  3. Is your piece about structural transformation or the heading you gave?
  
  In the '90s on Okyeame, I used to be the only person writing about the need for Structural Transformation in Ghana rather than Structural Adjustment, which I used to liken to putting bitumen and gravel over roads with very weak foundations. A practical example was the "reform" of the Ghana Telecom telephone system. Millions of dollars were sourced and equipment was bought to revamp the outdated system which could only carry, for technical reasons, about 55000 of the 60000 capacity available.
  
  Meanwhile, the hype about the ongoing reforms led to 300,000 applicants for new lines! When it was switched on, even the 55,000 could not even get their calls through much of the time, due to the gridlock! That's structural adjustment for you! Gridlock and not going anywhere ever! Structural Transformation would have taken into account the growth in Ghana's population and those needing tel. services now and into the foreseeable future and go for a completely new system with capacity for not less than 1 million subscribers! The equipment wouldn't have cost 10 times more!
  
  And what's that about the private sector, the household sector and the public sector squeezing out the private sector? If the private sector is so dynamic and is the engine growth, as the mantra goes in Ghana, why don't they do it themselves rather than expecting some sort of crony capitalism which is simply individuals enriching themselves with public resources as we see in Ghana today? Pure primitive accumulation. Functions govt depts can and must perform are being doled out to cronies at huge costs only for those blokes to pocket the monies and fail to perform!
  
  Are you also aware that the US Govt is the largest employer in the US at the moment? Are private enterprises being squeezed out by that too?
  
  In an age when the US govt is heavily indebted to so-called communist Chinese, it is astounding how some Africans haven't as yet read somewhere how the state was the major variable behind the devt of the countries making the break thrus on the devt ladder. No wonder. They are stuck on ideas from the 1st century! All they knew is that a god created the world in 6 days and took a rest on the 7th! And Mohammed flew on a horse to Jerusalem! Bah!
  
  Andy-K

  reply
• Kojo T 11 years ago

  The African private sector is a failure . They just make noise

  The African private sector is a failure . They just make noise

  reply
• francis kwarteng 11 years ago

  Dear Brothers,
  
  Excellent rejoinder, Andy.
  
  I hope Mr. Fidelis Abagulum finds time to respond to your questions or does so in a sequel.
  
  On point, Andy.
  
  Thanks.

  Dear Brothers,
  
  Excellent rejoinder, Andy.
  
  I hope Mr. Fidelis Abagulum finds time to respond to your questions or does so in a sequel.
  
  On point, Andy.
  
  Thanks.

  reply
• ANDY-K 11 years ago

  I didn't even have time to take him to task big time.
  
  Anyway, since I am home now, but about to turn in - late here- I suggest he reads "Bringing the State Back In," Ed. by Peter Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda Skoc ...
  read full comment

  I didn't even have time to take him to task big time.
  
  Anyway, since I am home now, but about to turn in - late here- I suggest he reads "Bringing the State Back In," Ed. by Peter Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda Skocpol, Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  
  Some have been warning a long time against ago against what caused the so-called Credit Crunch. When I glance through my copy of D.K Fieldhouse's The Theory of Capitalist Imperialism, Longman, 1967, a book we used in Pol. Science in the '70s, I just wonder why the Credit Crunch and what's happening now is a surprise to so many people.
  
  Andy-K

  reply