The Challenge of Present-Day Training in Education Organizations in the corporate sector appear to have developed effective theory and practice for moving from the Tayloristic model of management and staff development to the modern learning organization. Most educators would like to create institutions characterized by continual learning, but most remain bogged down by the remnants of Taylorism. According to one teacher, Most inservices add more work without a direct and tangible benefit to my students. Few educators need to be convinced of the value of the learning organization. Yet, few education leaders or policymakers know how to achieve it.
People are a market commodity, expendable and replaceable.
In organizational relationships, there must be a dominant person with superior knowledge, ultimate authority, and power to reward and punish. Others comply and do their assigned tasks accordingly. The organization is master of its domain, focused inwardly on efficiency and simplicity and function. The organization meets boundary conditions and outside demands when it perceives those demands are in its best interests. The history of training and staff development in education suggests that these beliefs are entrenched.