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Virtual Teams: Making the Online Classroom a Learning Organization
By Edward Volchok, Ph.D, Queensborough Community College/CUNY and Stevens Institute of Technology
We live in an era in which the pace of change is accelerating, and competition is increasingly fierce. Sadly, most organizations do not adapt quickly enough to meet the demands of their changing climates. In 1990 just before the dawn of online education, Peter M. Senge published his seminal book on learning organizations, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. Senge argues that to thrive in our unpredictable world an organization's only sustainable advantage is the ability to learn about changing political, economic, social, and technological forces faster than its competitors.
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About Edward Volchok
He joined the faculty of the business department at Queensborough Community College/CUNY as an assistant professor in September 2006. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Howe School of Technology Management's award-winning online graduate-level program at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Dr. Volchok developed Stevens Institute of Technology's e-learn marketing management course in 2001 and has been an instructor since its launch in 2002. From 1979 through 2006, he worked as a marketing consultant, advising start-up ventures, middle market firms, and Fortune 500 companies on marketing communications, branding, and customer relationship management.
Dr. Volchok earned his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1978.
Source: eLearn Magazine
