When Work Means Meaning: Existential Dimensions, Organizations and Leadership: 1 - Hardcover

Schultz, Karen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8791468027 ISBN 13: 9788791468025

Publisher: Akademia, 2005

Synopsis

When Work Means Meaning Existential Dimensions, Organizations and Leadership Finally, a book about the existential questions of life with respect to the working life. This book raises the question Do we live to work or do we work to live? The lines between work and life are becoming more and more blurred. Do we live to work or work to live? - Our contacts with other adults happen at work - Our ideals take shape at work - We find meaning in our lives at work The job of the future will be complex and will demand that people use both head and heart. When core qualifications are no longer sufficient, competent, authentic people with meaning in their lives - and existential leadership will be a must for high standards and excellence. - If you have your why? for life, then you can get along with almost any how?, wrote the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche back in 1888. In a complex world, it is still highly significant to know your why? in life. And it is critical that a person can - [...] simultaneously [to] be out on 70,000 fathoms of water and yet be joyful. (Søren Kierkegaard, 1845). Apply this book to your own life: - If you are at a turning point - When you are in doubt - When you feel the need to reflect more deeply than is possible on an everyday basis You will meet Frankl, Maslow, McGregor, Argyris, Yalom, van Deurzen, Senge etc. And you will find the book thought-provoking, astute, and enduring. It is - a very readable, original book about creating space in the workplace for life's more difficult aspects. (Ib Ravn, Ph.D., Learning Lab Denmark). Product Details: - ISBN-10: 8791468027. ISBN-13: 9788791468025 - Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches - Shipping Weight: 12.7 ounces

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About the Author

Karen Schultz is recognized as a master of organizational psychology from Copenhagen University, and as a Lt. Colonel in the army. She specializes in the areas of strategy, existence, and meaning. Schultz is working as an analytical consultant and supervisor in her company: www.karen-schultz.com and is the owner of the Cultural House Skindergade 15 in DK-1159 Copenhagen K. Visit http://www.karen-schultz.com to read more

Edition details

• Publisher: Akademia
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8791468027
• ISBN 13: 9788791468025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 201