Learning from samples of one or fewer - article notes

Learning from Samples of one or fewer
J.G. March, L.S. Sprouil, M. Tamouz

seems like a direct response to the claim that the history taught in schools is the history of the oppressor.


Experience --------------> a variety of interpretations, some possibly contradictory, a mosaic

"The preferences and values in terms of which organizations distinguish successes from failures are themselves transformed in the process of learning. By acting, reflecting, and interpreting, organizations learn what they are. By observing their own actions, they learn what they want. (Weick, 1979)

Learning Process

"meaning is not self evident but must be constructed and shared."

"The learning process is generally conservative, sustaining existing structures of belief, including existing differences, while coping with surprises in the unfolding of history."