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What do managers’ know? Examining experienced managers’ wisdom
No full textPurpose: The paper critically examines the nature of managerial knowledge, highlights the limitations of formal managerial knowledge in informing managerial practice and demonstrates the role of alternative forms of knowledge, knowing and wisdom in informing the practice of a sample of middle-managers.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The literature of managerial knowledge and wisdom is critically reviewed and seven components of wisdom are identified and discussed. Empirically, a qualitative research approach was adopted which involved visual-elicitation interviews focused on the nature of the work and learning of nineteen later-career middle-managers. Interviews were transcribed and an inductive, thematic, analysis of the data undertaken.
Findings: The findings show the incidence and types and extent of wisdom evident in the managers’ accounts of their work. Extensive empirical evidence is interpreted in the light of an inductively derived analytical framework.
Research Limitations/Implications: Certain limitations of the research are acknowledged and practical suggestions developed for further research.
Practical Implications: Practical implications include the need for skepticism regarding the contributions of the corpus of formal management knowledge to managerial practice and the need to change the emphasis in manager development and education. Specific suggestions are developed for educational practices to cultivate wisdom.
Originality / Value: The paper consolidates disparate critiques of formal managerial knowledge, provides a useful analytical typology of managerial wisdom and presents sound evidence of the extent and nature of wisdom used in middle-managers’ practice
Rev. J.R. Briggs
No full textRev. J.R. Briggs, writer, speaker, Founder of Kairos Partnerships, speaks on the pursuit of godly wisdom
Interview with J.R. Reynolds
No full textThis interview was recorded on February 15,, 2013 as a part of the Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society’s Baldwin Archive Engaging the Wisdom Project with Kalamazoo College. During the interview J.R. Reynolds, the narrator, discussed the following topics: His career living in Los Angeles working for Billboard and Music Cares; His current position at Good Food B.C. and the Calhoun Race Impact Alliance, and the nature of his work; Growing up and race relations in Ohio compared to race relations in Houston, Texas and Los Angeles, California; Race relations in Southwest Michigan, changes in the current racial landscape and advice for racial healing; His column in the Battle Creek Enquirer, named “Humans Being” and what he hopes to do with it; His vision for a just society, and how to achieve it, in Southwest Michigan; How he continues to motivate himself to work for social justice, and advice for those who would like to be involved in achieving a just society.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/voices-social-justice/1001/thumbnail.jp
Wisdom as learned ignorance : integrating east-west perspectives
No full textThis chapter discusses wisdom as learned ignorance, integrating east-west perspectives. It is a chapter in the handbook of organizational and managerial wisdom. Wisdom is among the most complex and profound concepts in our vernacular. It represents the epitome of human development and conduct, characterizing the most enlightened and successful people and collectives
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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Implementing a computing architecture with WISDOM
No full textOver the past two years, the Savannah River Site (SRS) work force has expanded by more than 6000 employees. This large influx of personnel, in conjunction with the limited office space, has resulted in an overcrowding problem on site. To alleviate some of the overcrowding, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) has been in the process of leasing space from several office buildings within Aiken, SC. Brookhaven, the latest off-site office building to be leased, is the starting point for a new direction in office automation which will eventually spread throughout SRS. The computing architecture in place at Brookhaven was designed to adhere to the SRS computer architecture guidelines as published by the WSRC Computer Architecture Standards Team (CAST). At the heart of the Brookhaven implementation is a Workstation Integration System for DOS, OS/2 and Macintosh (WISDOM). The key features of the WISDOM system include: it's utilization of a Local Area Network (LAN), it's Graphical User Interface (GUI), it's cross-platform capability, it's portable user interface, and the installation program. To begin, I will give an overview of the network architecture, then discuss WISDOM in detail, mention some platform integration problems that need to be addressed and conclude with a summary of the user benefits that WISDOM provides
Blessing for the nations and the curse of the law: Paul’s citation of genesis and deuteronomy in gal 3.8-10
No full textThis thesis is an interpretation of Paul's citation of Genesis and Deuteronomy in Gal 3.8-10. The promise to Abraham to bless all nations and the curse of the covenant are sun/eyed in the Jewish scripture. We argue that blessing for the nations is an important part of God's covenant purpose for Abraham's descendants from the start and that the curse is consistently connected with the motifs of failure to do all the law and of the abandonment of the Lord for other gods. This thesis then identifies and analyzes the various strands of the postbiblical Jewish literature that cite the promise of blessing for the nations and the curse of the covenant. An interpretation of Gal 3.8-10 is argued, in which the importance for Paul's argument of blessing for the nations and the curse on those who are disloyal to the Lord is stressed. Paul's call to preach the gospel to the gentiles and his defense of the truth of the gospel provide the context for the connection between the gospel and the promise to Abraham of blessing for the nations in Gal 3.8, a blessing which has always been God's purpose for Abraham's descendants. The interpretation of Gal 3.10 then builds on this insight. Those who are of works of the law are identified as the troublemakers who have preached another gospel to the Galatians and thereby they have been disloyal to God and his purpose for Abraham's descendants. Paul cites Deut 27.26 to support this assertion that they have been disloyal to God and therefore are under the curse. This interpretation of Gal 3.8-10 is supported by other traces of the same perspective on the gospel and the curse in Galatians
Financial Summit: J.R. Briggs & Dave Briggs
No full textDave and J.R. Briggs speak on stewardship of finances.
Dave Briggs currently serves as the stewardship director at Central Christian Church of Arizona. Previously he served in a similar role at Willowcreek Church and prior to that was a finance manager for GE for 27 years. He has developed numerous financial seminars and classes and regularly speaks at churches and conferences around the country. Dave and his wife Debbie had two sons attend Taylor and served for three years on the Taylor Parents’ Cabinet.
J.R. Briggs wears a variety of ministry hats. On a local level, he serves as one of the pastors of The Renew Community. He is also the Founder and Director of Kairos Partnerships and Director of Leadership and Congregation Formation for the Ecclesia Network. He is a life coach, consultant, frequent speaker, and author of seven books. He and his wife Megan, along with their two sons Carter and Bennett, live in the Philadelphia area
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