Applying the Five Disciplines: The Fifth Discipline

Firefighting provides only temporary relief and does not address the root issues. Study The Fifth Discipline's framework to identify underlying assumptions and integrate all five disciplines through systems thinking, enabling you to devise a powerful intervention for ongoing problems.
  • Author: Dr. Henderson

  • Level: Foundational
  • Study Mode: Self-paced
  • Recommended Period: 2 Weeks
  • Estimated Learning Time: ~14 Hours
  • Proficiency: 2 Graded Assessments
  • Award: 1 Certificate
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To ensure the best continuity in your learning, we recommend completing the course within the recommended completion period. The course is self-paced, so you can adapt your learning schedule around work and other commitments.
Course overview
Applying the Five Disciplines is a two-week applied micro-course on the five disciplines of the learning organization. It teaches a single, practical method: taking a persistent problem you are responsible for, seeing the structure that produces it, surfacing the mental models that hide it, and integrating systems thinking with personal mastery, shared vision, and team learning to design a leveraged intervention that changes the cause rather than the symptom.
No prior study of systems theory is assumed. By the end of the two weeks, you will be able to diagnose the systemic root cause of a persistent problem and design an intervention that builds an adaptive, continuously improving organization — and defend every choice in how you built it.
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  • Systems Thinking
  • Organizational Change
  • Leadership
  • Strategy

Your Instructor

Taught by a practitioner. Moderated by the same.
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DEAN OF MONARCH BUSINESS SCHOOL

Dr. Jeffrey Henderson is Dean of Monarch Business School and Professor of Business Ethics, with senior management and advisory experience across commercial real estate, finance and professional services. His career includes leadership roles with Bentall Capital, Brookfield Properties, KPMG Canada, and other international organizations, involving projects exceeding $6 billion. He brings MMI participants an applied perspective on strategic judgment, ethical leadership, organizational responsibility, and translating management ideas into credible professional action.