Thought for the day by Charles Handy on how the unconditional love parents have for their children can and should serve as a model for the relationship in organizations between managers and workers when it comes to mistakes. Handy begins the thought discussing how his children have inspired his unconditional love as they have matured and grown into themselves. He proceeds to observe that it is this feature of unconditional love that makes families so special, and how organizations are much like families in that the best and most effective organizations inspire people to think for themselves and grow. Badly-run organizations, however, do not allow for employees to make mistakes and condemn both the mistake and the employee who made the mistake, which, Handy notes, makes for alienated and uninspired workers. Handy then observes how Christianity and its promise of unconditional love permits people to make mistakes and be forgiven, and that these principles should be extended to organizational practices.
Handy, Charles B Christians Child rearing Children Children - Growth Teenagers Forgiveness Unconditional love
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Thought for the day by Charles Handy on how unconditional love parents have for their children can and should serve as a model for the relationship in organizations between managers and workers when it comes to mistakes; Charles Handy Papers; Box 18, Folder 16; 3 pages
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