Educational Activities

Various organizations are recognizing the social responsibilities. One of the responsibilities of the organization is to look at change in a more planned way. The various innovations which the organization can make may be more systematically planned. Organizations interact with the environment. Environment may consist of the community in which the organization is located, the customers and their plans, resources institutions, and educational systems. Planned interventions of educational nature are used by organizations both for influencing external environment and for managing internal changes. These interventions can be both processed interventions and structured interventions. The various kinds of educational activities which organization can undertake may include sponsoring educational institutions, sponsoring project in the community, action programmes, getting involved in the community. Regarding educational activities within the organization important dimensions are socialization, training, and organizational development. Special attention may be paid to learning process as the underlying process of using educational activities whether external environment or within the organization.