Learning to Read the Signs : Reclaiming Pragmatism for the Practice of Sustainable Management

ISBN-13: 9781907643903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str.

F.Byron Nahser

Opis

It's not what we know, but how we learn. This is the key that Learning to Read the Signs uses in order to evaluate and apply ideas and facts to one's organization life. The book asks the reader to go back to and reclaim pragmatism: an activity of thought involving four parts: Investigation, Hypothesis, Action, and Testing. Pragmatism is a method of interpretation or inquiry which offers to the thoughtful business practitioner a way to better understand the reality in which we operate, to think critically and creatively, and for business people to think together to make the best use of all our perspectives and talents. Questions raised in this book include: What are the signs telling us? Where are we headed and why? Why are things going the way they are? What is our purpose?

Spis treści

Foreword to the Second Edition by Georg KellForeword to the First Edition by Robert N. BellahPreface to the Second Edition: Nearly a generation laterPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsPart I: Begin1. Why reclaim pragmatism for organizations?Part II: Explore2. The filtered view from the corporate tower3. The nature and purpose of business: Is it time to change our view?4. How our filters came to bePart III: Interpret5. Pragmatism: A community of inquirers6. Extending Peirce beyond science: Diverse voices and corporate changePart IV: Decide – Hypothesize7. Pragmatism from theory to practice: A PathFinder for organizations8. Pragmatism in business: Lessons learnedPart V: Act: The path ahead9. The creative community10. The still, small voice withinEpilogue: The story of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Management Education by Jonas HaertleAppendix I: UN PRME 3rd Global Forum Participant’s GuideAppendix II: UN models and Pragmatic Inquiry ModelAppendix III: The PathFinder Lab Journal – Field NotebookSelected bibliographyNotesAbout the authorIndex

O autorze

F. Byron (Ron) Nahser