Work, Management, And The Business Of Living
In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of dehumanizing individuals or reducing them to humanoids. This book deals with familiar concepts in the management literature, but always in light of the model of the human person. It sheds light on organizing processes in individuals, small groups, and organizations and other large social systems by covering empirical research on three central topics — modes of influence, intrapersonal communication, and change — through which the social context is constantly shifting.Concepts from other fields are also introduced by the author into the field of management, such as philosophy, biology, sociology, semantics, and mythology, to name a few. As a protest against behaviorism, materialism, objectivism, determinism, elitism, and many other “-ism's” that degrade the human person, this book provides food for thought to students of management and organizational behavior, psychologists and sociologists, as well as political scientists and leaders of business and nonbusiness institutions.
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Work, Management, And The Business Of Living
In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of dehumanizing individuals or reducing them to humanoids. This book deals with familiar concepts in the management literature, but always in light of the model of the human person. It sheds light on organizing processes in individuals, small groups, and organizations and other large social systems by covering empirical research on three central topics — modes of influence, intrapersonal communication, and change — through which the social context is constantly shifting.Concepts from other fields are also introduced by the author into the field of management, such as philosophy, biology, sociology, semantics, and mythology, to name a few. As a protest against behaviorism, materialism, objectivism, determinism, elitism, and many other “-ism's” that degrade the human person, this book provides food for thought to students of management and organizational behavior, psychologists and sociologists, as well as political scientists and leaders of business and nonbusiness institutions.
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Work, Management, And The Business Of Living

Work, Management, And The Business Of Living

by A Moneim El-meligi
Work, Management, And The Business Of Living

Work, Management, And The Business Of Living

by A Moneim El-meligi

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In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of dehumanizing individuals or reducing them to humanoids. This book deals with familiar concepts in the management literature, but always in light of the model of the human person. It sheds light on organizing processes in individuals, small groups, and organizations and other large social systems by covering empirical research on three central topics — modes of influence, intrapersonal communication, and change — through which the social context is constantly shifting.Concepts from other fields are also introduced by the author into the field of management, such as philosophy, biology, sociology, semantics, and mythology, to name a few. As a protest against behaviorism, materialism, objectivism, determinism, elitism, and many other “-ism's” that degrade the human person, this book provides food for thought to students of management and organizational behavior, psychologists and sociologists, as well as political scientists and leaders of business and nonbusiness institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789812790675
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/27/2012
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction

History of Ideas 1

You Cannot Not Manage 1

First Encounter with Managers 3

Psychologist in Business School! 8

Membership Begins 9

Advisory Role 15

Insurance Company: Training Dilemma 15

Strike at a Nuclear Energy Plant 17

Profound Concerns About Consulting 19

From Academia to Wall Street 20

Choice of a Name 23

Seminar versus Training 24

Unwanted Inspirational Impact 25

Advisory Work 26

Singapore Adopts the Seminar 27

Farewell to Academia 28

Flashback: Reminiscing 29

Learning is a Two-Way Process 33

Capturing Elusive Insights 33

Influence of the Environmental Context 36

Household Management 36

Language Barrier 38

Flashback: OM Seminars 39

Chapter 2 The Human Person 43

Don't Think, Just Look! 43

Model Parameters 48

Bio-Psycho-Social System 48

The Social Dimension 50

A Continuous Process Of Becoming 51

Emergence of Language 52

Unfolding of Potentialities 52

Becoming and Time Experience 53

Endowed With the Power of Talking and Use of Symbols 54

The Upright Posture 55

Environmental Force 57

Synthesis 59

Old Concepts Through My Experience 59

The Upright Posture and Cognition 60

Individual Differences 62

Practical Implications 65

Value of the Model 66

Chapter 3 Membership and Role Acquisition 69

A State of Belonging 69

Membership: A Historical Process 71

The Familiar Stranger 76

Role Acquisition 76

Role Perception 78

Social Roles and Self Definition 79

A Job Entails Many Roles 80

Identification 81

Decline of Identification 84

Case Study: Betrayed by the Management 88

Chapter 4 Leading and Managing 91

Leader/Manager Controversy 91

Managerial Tasks 93

Case Studies: 1 through 6 95

Review of Case Studies 101

Leadership, Fellowship and Follower-Ship 102

Leading or Following as Daily Behavior 102

Leading as Habitual Behavior 102

Leading as a Formal Role 104

Follower-ship (Fo) 105

Fellowship (Fe) 107

Rationale of LFF Process 107

LFeFo Redefines Effective Leadership 108

Understanding Tyranny 110

Membership and Organizational Change 111

Apprenticeship 111

Central Thesis: Mechanisms of Influence 112

A Journey with a Donkey 114

Chapter 5 Social Structures 119

The Human Person as a Universe 119

Dyadic Structures 125

Analysis of Dyadic Structures 126

Value of Dyadic Formation 130

Dyadic Structures and Leadership 130

Triadic Structures 131

The Natural Triad 132

Levels of Social Structuring 135

Small Group 135

Definition of Small Group 135

Describing a Group 138

Small Groups and the Global Organization 139

Transitory Teams 141

Regular Meetings 141

Team Spirit and Its Dangers 142

Running Meetings 146

Chapter 6 Work, Play and Leisure 151

Semantic Introduction 151

Work Versus Labor 152

Function of Work 154

Morality and Professional Mastery 156

Play 163

Leisure 166

Aristotle's View 170

What do we learn from Aristotle? 172

What can we add to Aristotle? 172

Energy Management 174

Job Satisfaction and Job Structure 175

Work Habits and Organization Culture 177

Psychology of Overload 177

Final Conclusion 178

Philosophical Foundations in Quotes 181

References 215

Appendix 223

Index 227

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