A Mindful Organization and Understanding Its People
Running head: A MINDFUL ORGANIZATION AND UNDERSTANDING ITS PEOPLE
"The realities of understanding ' people in an organization and thus managing them, it is often believed, ran into conflict with prevailing organizational expectations."
Suggest ways on how such situations can be blended as to structure towards a more
mindful enterprise '.
Yee Meng Yew, Joe
Student ID: 6030
SCIC-PATH
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Introduction
As the topic in discussion covers from the singularity of an organization to the individualistic aspect of an employee within an organization, I have approached the topic from the top down approach starting from the external environment stimuli (market forces), to an organization behaviour and finally microscopically, the individual.
The Changing Environment Information Age
Human existence has witnessed the evolution of societies. No one has describe it better than Alvin Toffler (1984) in his book, The Third Wave, who defines our era as the Third Wave, a post-industrial society are characterized, where diversification of lifestyles
"The realities of understanding ' people in an organization and thus managing them, it is often believed, ran into conflict with prevailing organizational expectations."
Suggest ways on how such situations can be blended as to structure towards a more
mindful enterprise '.
Yee Meng Yew, Joe
Student ID: 6030
SCIC-PATH
General disclaimer
Unless otherwise noted, the information, images provided by this paper is meant solely for academic submission for the Advance Diploma course for Applied Business Psychology, conducted by Southern Cross International College (SCIC), a subsidiary of PATH Education Group, and does not represent the official statements or views of the authors citied in the paper nor that of the SCIC or its members.
All information maintained and referenced here are provided "as is" with no warranties of any kind. The author disclaims all liability of any kind arising out of your use of, or misuse of, and the information contained and referenced within them.
The author disclaims all express warranties included in any materials, and further disclaims all implied warranties, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights. The author shall not be liable for any damages of any kind.
Introduction
As the topic in discussion covers from the singularity of an organization to the individualistic aspect of an employee within an organization, I have approached the topic from the top down approach starting from the external environment stimuli (market forces), to an organization behaviour and finally microscopically, the individual.
The Changing Environment Information Age
Human existence has witnessed the evolution of societies. No one has describe it better than Alvin Toffler (1984) in his book, The Third Wave, who defines our era as the Third Wave, a post-industrial society are characterized, where diversification of lifestyles
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