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Solving the economic crisis with (requisitely) holistic approach and (ethics of) interdependence
No full textThe usual enterprises tend to be governed by specialists of single professions, whose education for interdisciplinary creative cooperation is very rare, rather than by persons with knowledge of systems theory. Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1978, p. VII) explicitly stated that he had created his General Systems Theory against over-specialization, i.e. to support interdisciplinary creative cooperation as the best way toward the necessary holism of approach and wholeness of outcomes of human activity. But he did not support his intention methodologically a lot. Mulej did it with his Dialectical Systems Theory (DST)2. Narrow specialization is still necessary, but equally so is the other specialistsʼ capacity: cooperation helps humans prevent oversights and resulting failures, because it enables more holistic thinking/behavior. The role of the narrow specializations is so strong that people hardly see that holistic thinking/behavior - enabled by interdisciplinary creative cooperation, backed by (ethics of) interdependence - makes specialization of any profession much more beneficial than any operation inside a specialization alone. Nobody, whatever their profession, can live well without co-operation with people of other professions. De Bonoʼs \u276 Thinking Hats\u27 support it, so does DST from the same period of time. Both of them have been fruitfully applied all four decades since. A new support was recently offered: social responsibility (SR) with its all-linking concepts of (1) interdependence and (2) holistic approach is close to DST and (liberal rather than neo-liberal) economics, as authors understand the essence of the recently published ISO 26000 on social responsibility and European Unionʼs (2011) support to it. Here, the authors aim to address use of DST (via SR) in solving the current crisisowner, managers and staff are supposed to be interested in social responsibility as a source of their benefit, but need knowledge and values to work on implementation of SR, perhaps with a specialized professional team support. Government and other influential entities should support them with the model suggested here. The suggested findings should help humans find their way out from the current crisis, but in synergythis crisis results from obsolete management and governance style, in which the (dialectical) systemic behavior/thinking is neglected
Relations Between the Object Under Consideration, Dialectical System, System and Model of it as a Basis for the Requisite Holism and Realism of Modelling and its Results
Get PDFModelling is a crucial tool in research and development, but models simplify one’s perception of systems as mental pictures of reality, maybe too much. Therefore one must be aware of the addressed relations, typology of models, and apply ‘USOMID – 6 Thinking Hats’ method of creative cooperation to attain requisite holism of approach and requisite wholeness of outcomes
De Bonova metodologija »šest klobukov razmišljanja« in Mulejeva metodologija ustvarjalnega sodelovanja »USOMID« v novi kombinaciji1
Get PDFIn his search for ways to support the real transition and thus to realize the institutional one, the first author came across the methodology called »Six thinking hats«. This contribution briefs how coauthors have linked it with the first author's own methodology that is called USOMID, which is at least equally old, and supports creative thinking, too. Synergy of both methodologies is feasible. The first trials demonstrated that it can be very useful. USOMID supports well the blue and white heads, first of all, while receiving support from the red, black, green, and yellow hats in the phases of creative work and preparation of decisions; in the phase of implementing them USOMID seems to complete up the t6 thinking hats methodPrvi avtor je pri iskanju, kako podpreti stvarno tranzicijo, s katero bi se institucionalna zmogla uresničiti, naletel na metodologijo z imenom »6 klobukov razmišljanja«. Prispevek kaže, kako sta jo soavtorja povezala z vsaj enako staro lastno metodologijo USOMID, ki tudi služi za podpiranje ustvarjalnega razmišljanja. Možna je njuna sinergija. Prvi preizkusi zamisli so pokazali, da je lahko zelo koristna. USOMID dobro podpre zlasti modri in beli klobuk, obenem pa dobi podporo od rdečega, črnega, zelenega in rumenega klobuka v fazah ustvarjanja idej in priprave odločitev; v fazi njihovega uresničevanja pa je USOMID videti zopet dobro dopolnilo za metodo 6 klobukov
Mulej's Dialectical Systems Theory — A proven next step after Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory
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Self-esteem, fear of intimacy and unrestricted sociosexual behaviour
Get PDFMagistrsko delo Samospoštovanje, strah pred intimo in neomejenost socioseksualnega vedenja skuša skozi teoretični in empirični povezati tri pomembne konstrukte, in sicer samospoštovanje, strah pred intimo in (ne)omejenost socioseksualnega vedenja. V teoretičnem delu se avtorica najprej dotakne tematike samospoštovanja, nato intimnosti in socioseksualne orientacije. Vsako poglavje najprej pojasnjuje pomen teh konstruktov, pojasni razlike med spoloma, nato pa poveže teme med seboj. Temu sledi empirični del, kjer so predstavljene ugotovitve raziskave, v kateri je sodelovalo 204 udeležencev, od tega 34 moških in 170 žensk. Rezultati so delno potrdili hipotezo, da ostajajo statistično pomembne razlike med moškimi in ženskami v samospoštovanju, strahu pred intimo in omejenosti socioseksualnega vedenja. Avtorica je ugotovila, da moški v povprečju doživljajo višji strah pred intimo kot ženske. Pri stopnji samospoštovanja povprečne vrednosti kažejo, da moški in ženske približno enako vrednotijo svojo lastno vrednost. V (ne)omejenosti socioseksualne orientacije pa so moški bolj permisivno orientirani, medtem ko ženske kažejo bolj restriktivno orientacijo. Zatem je avtorica preverila tudi različne povezave med temi tremi spremenljivkami. Rezultati so pokazali, da med stopnjo samospoštovanja in socioseksualno orientiranostjo ni statistično pomembne povezanosti. Nadalje so rezultati pokazali majhno korelacijo med spremenljivkama socioseksualne orientacije in strahom pred intimo. Osebe z višjim strahom pred intimo izražajo višjo stopnjo neomejenosti v socioseksualnem vedenju. Prav tako sta povezani spremenljivki samospoštovanje in strah pred intimo. Rezultati kažejo, da posamezniki z višjo stopnjo samospoštovanja doživljajo manj strahu pred intimo kot posamezniki z nižjo stopnjo samospoštovanja.This Master\u27s thesis attempts to link three important constructs: self-esteem, fear of intimacy and (un)limited sociosexual behaviour. In the theoretical part, the author touches upon the topics of self-esteem, intimacy and finally sociosexual orientation. Each chapter starts with an explanation of the meaning of each previously mentioned construct, continues to explain the differences between the sexes and lastly links together all three topics. The theoretical part is then followed by an empirical part, which included 204 participants, 34 of which were male and 170 female, and presents the findings of this research. The results have partially confirmed the hypothesis, which states that there are statistically significant differences between men and women regarding self-esteem, fear of intimacy and limitation of sociosexual behaviour. The author found that on average, men experience a higher level of fear of intimacy than women do. In relation to the degree of self-esteem, average values show that both sexes value their own worth approximately equally, whereas in (un)limited sociosexual orientation, men have proven to be more permissive while women appear to be more restrictive. Afterwards, the author also examined various connections among the three variables. The results have shown no statistically significant connection between the levels of self-esteem and sociosexual orientation. Furthermore, a small correlation between the variables of sociosexual orientation and fear of intimacy has been discovered. Persons, who fear intimacy more, express a higher degree of limitlessness in sociosexual behaviour. Self-esteem and fear of intimacy are similarly connected. It has also been gathered from the results that individuals with higher levels of self-esteem experience less fear of intimacy than those with lower levels
