My organisation and Senge's Five Disciplines

The present context of leadership is not a concept of “one man army” but to a broader sense related to distributive environment where not only the followers but also the leaders learn from the followers and develop their skills in relation to their working environments. To talk about my organisation from the perspective of Senge’s five disciplines, it is still in the initial developing process and much goals yet to be accomplished. However, as an organisation it is going steadily towards a positive direction. Given below are some of the features that talk about my organisation as an institution of sharing, learning and working with a real sense of team work.

Personal Mastery
In the context of my organisation it is important that a leader knows about his personal interest, goals and strategies. He must have a clear vision to attain results that will help him to maintain his position in the organisation. In addition the factors such as self- motivation, self- interest, trainings and sufficient experience are key to professional enhancement of a leader. It is because the followers have very high opinion of the concept of leadership and at the same time anticipate much from the leader.

Shared Vision
Just in the beginning of the school session we convey the mission statement of our organisation to our staff. It is the shared vision and goals of the organisation that must be in the mind set as we go on with the daily routine. So working as a team we have clear defined aims and objectives that have to be attained through the team work efforts.

Mental Models
This approach plays a vital role in my school as it sets parameters in understanding certain behaviour and attitude of the management team members and also the staff members. In the words of Senge it is an “honestly defined current reality” that also works efficiently in the context of my school. So as a Head Teacher it is important for me as I have to deal with very sensitive issues and sometimes I must discuss with my staff in a way to make a sincere effort on my part for proper understanding of the particular issue and its successful outcome.

Team Learning
Team learning in my school is sometimes more difficult than what it sounds as there are staff members with different levels of educational and cultural backgrounds. Bringing them into the same level of team spirit is quite challenging to the leader especially dealing with the old staff who do not accept changes so easily. The same thing goes with the parent community as well with varied expectations and lack of proper education. However, through interactions in meetings and workshops team learning was made possible to a certain extent in my school.

System Thinking
In my organisation we consider various issues from the point of organisation on the whole and not in isolation. It is because there is a lot of competition among the private schools and so our focus will be for a long term sustainability and development.

In conclusion, despite our hard efforts to run the school effectively, there are various social and political constraints that need to be dealt using different approaches as well.