Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals ACT (or Don't Act) Responsibly

ISBN-13: 9780787994754 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 368 str.

Howard Gardner

Opis

Filled with original essays by Howard Gardner, William Damon, Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi, and Jeanne Nakamura and based on a large-scale research project, the GoodWork(R) Project, Responsibility at Work reflects the information gleaned from in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 people from nine different professions--journalism, genetics, theatre, higher education, philanthropy, law, medicine, business, and pre-collegiate education. The book reveals how motivation, culture, and professional norms can intersect to produce work that is personally, socially, and economically beneficial. At the heart of the study is the revelation that the key to good work is responsilibilty--taking ownership for one's work and its wider impact.

Recenzje

"Gardner and his colleagues outline steps that can be taken to build a sense of responsibility and to take ownership for one′s work and its wider impact." ( District Administration, 07/08)

Overall, this book represents a valuable contribution the literature on understanding the meaning of work in our lives. (PsycCRITIQUES, 05/28/08)

"The questions are though–provoking; the responses, profound. Of highest interest is the tool kit that the GoodWork Project has developed." (Nonfiction Philosophy and Psychology)

"The book is well researched and makes for interesting reading that administrators and teachers could all benefit from." (The School Administrator, 04/2008)

"This book appeals to a wide audience as an array of informative and skillfully written insights into the responsibilities, meaning, and ethics of work." (NACADA, 03/11/08)

"Responsibility at work provides strategies for cultivating responsibility in those at work and those who may enter the profession." (Ad–Hoc–News, 10/17/2007)

Gardner′s book mentioned in an article – " my favorite chapter is ′Creativity and Responsibility′ ." (Daily Herald, 09/12/2007)

Spis treści

Introduction.

Who is responsible for good work? (Howard Gardner).

PART ONE: POWERFUL MODELS OF RESPONSIBILITY).

1. Taking ultimate responsibility (William Damon and Kendall Bronk).

2. The ability to respond (Susan Verducci).

3. Creativity and responsibility (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura).

4. A call to serve: An exploration of humane creators (Wendy Fischman).

PART TWO: FACTORS THAT MODULATE RESPONSIBILITY).

5. A balancing act: How physicians and teachers manage time pressures and responsibility (Jeffrey Solomon).

6. Placing God before me: Spirituality and responsibility at work (Seth Wax).

7. Responsibility and leadership (Andreas Schröer).

8. Service at Work (Lynn Barendsen).

9. Beyond the gender stereotype: Responsibilities to self and others (Carrie James).

10. Control and responsibility: A Danish perspective on leadership (Hans Henrik Knoop).

PART THREE: THE LIMITS OF RESPONSIBILITY).

11. Constraining responsibility: Choices and compromises (Laura Horn and Howard Gardner).

12. Irresponsible Work (Howard Gardner).

Part Four: Toward Greater Responsibility).

13. Practicing responsibility (Jeanne Nakamura).

14. The GoodWork Toolkit: From Theory to Practice (Lynn Barendsen and Wendy Fischman).

Conclusion (Howard Gardner).

Index.

O autorze

Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author of more than twenty books translated into twenty–four languages. Gardner also holds positions as adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University, adjunct professor of neurology at Boston University, and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.

Blurb

Responsibility at Work

"In this remarkable collection of essays, Gardner and his colleagues have given us an astonishing array of penetrating insights into the responsibilities, meaning, and ethics of work. Everyone, anyone, in any organization, can learn and profit from the wisdom in these pages."
Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business and University Professor at the University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader

"Gardner and his colleagues boldly confront the ever–present tensions between professional action and professional responsibility with superbly crafted individual case studies as well as broad theoretical arguments. Taken together, the writers deepen our understanding of the challenges of leadership from classical ethical dilemmas to the seemingly mundane question of how to allocate one′s time."
Lee S. Shulman, President, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

"Responsibility at Work is a crucial book for our times. It is horrifying to think that a willingness to take responsibility has so long been eclipsed by a demand for rights. It is responsibility that is the cornerstone of our society and is the key to "good work." This insightful, penetrating book gives fresh understanding of that vital and essential concept and how it can be applied in the workplace."
ALEX S. JONES, Director, Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School, Harvard University

"The key to building community, as argued here, is for citizens to take responsibility toward others. But where do people gain that sensibility? What social forces encourage it? What can we do to enrich it? In short, how can we revive people′s commitment to others? Drawing upon hundreds of interviews from the GoodWork® Project, the authors of these essays wrestle admirably with these questions. Taken together, these essays are not only richly rewarding but reassuring: perhaps it is just possible we can find our way again."
DAVID GERGEN, Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center forPublic Leadership at Harvard University′s John F. Kennedy School of Government