Zen and the Art of Organizational Maintenance Ronald E. Purser San Francisco State University rpurser@sfsu.edu ABSTRACT This paper draws from the “Zen arts” as a means for reimagining management as a mindful practice known as “organizational maintenance.” Zen Buddhism has had a profound influence on Japanese arts— such as calligraphy‚ sumi-e drawing‚ the tea ceremony‚ landscape garden design‚ archery‚ and Haiku poetry. The Zen aesthetic‚ often referred to as wabi sabi‚ and its associated notions
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Paradise Lost and the Seventeenth Century Reader‚ London: Chatto & Windus‚ OCLC 62931344 Ricks‚ C.B. (1963)‚ Milton ’s Grand Style‚ Oxford: Clarendon Press‚ OCLC 254429 Stone‚ J.W Van Nuis‚ H (May 2000)‚ "Animated Eve Confronting Her Animus: A Jungian Approach to the Division of Labor Debate in Paradise Lost"‚ Milton Quarterly 34 (2): 48–56‚ doi:10.1111/j.1094-348X.2000.tb00619.x Walker‚ Julia M Patrides‚ C. A. Approaches to Paradise Lost: The York Tercentenary Lectures (University of Toronto
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Alex Marx Prof. Ellen Bluestone ENG 500 10 June 2013 Psychoanalytical Criticism and Heart of Darkness: Kurtz‚ Freud and the Dionysian Myth – A Journey into the Nightmare of Darkness and the Subconscious It is natural to approach the critical analysis of a novel in terms of dream theory and the work of prominent dream theorists. Like dreams‚ novels are created in the mind‚ they are simply inventions of the mind; though by definition are not exactly literally and not exactly true. A dream
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[pic] Q.1 Write a note on the managerial roles and skills. ANSWER: Management Roles are a complete set of behaviours within a business environment. Each role is different‚ thus spanning the variety of all identified management behaviours. When collected together as an integrated whole‚ the capabilities and competencies of a manager can be further evaluated in a role-specific way.Following are the three roles: 1. Informational roles 2. Decisional roles 3. Interpersonal roles 1. Informational
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ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Graded Assignments Unit 1 Assignment 1: Change Wheel Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes Describe personal changes in relation to global/historical changes. Communicate information using Microsoft Office productivity tools and email. Assignment Requirements Review Chapter 1‚ pp. 4-19 and then complete the Change Wheel Worksheet (found on the next page in
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Copyrighted Material INTRODUCTION The Poem The Age of A nxiety begins in fear and doubt‚ but the four protagonists find some comfort in sharing their distress. In even this accidental and temporary community there arises the possibility of what Auden once called “local understanding.” Certain anxieties may be overcome not by the altering of geopolitical conditions but by the cultivation of mutual sympathy—perhaps mutual love‚ even among
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A Blessing and a Curse: The Poetics of Privacy in Tennyson’s "The Lady of Shalott" Author(s): Joseph Chadwick Reviewed work(s): Source: Victorian Poetry‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1986)‚ pp. 13-30 Published by: West Virginia University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40002181 . Accessed: 22/01/2012 02:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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A Grain of Wheat Summary A Grain of Wheat chronicles the events leading up to Kenyan independence‚ or Uruhu‚ in a Kenyan village. Gikonyo and Mumbi are newlyweds in love when Gikonyo is sent to detention. When he comes back six years later‚ Mumbi has carried and given birth to his rival’s child. Instead of talking about their trials‚ a wall of anger separates them. Mumbi’s brother Kihika‚ a local hero‚ is captured and hanged‚ and his comrades search for the betrayer. Mugo becomes a hero through
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MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION BUAD 304: Leading Organizations SUMMER 2013 Note: This syllabus is a preliminary draft and subject to change. Yoo Kyoung Kim Office: ACC B1A E-mail: yookyouk@usc.edu Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday by appointment Leading organizations‚ and leading within organizations‚ requires effective management of people and a clear understanding of various aspects of human behavior and processes. Managers need to know why people
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Descent into the Underworld DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD . Narratives the world over tell of descents into the underworld. Many traditions include myths connected with journeys to the "otherworld" undertaken by both human and suprahuman beings. Experiences of such journeys are especially common in the shamanistic traditions‚ but they are also found in association with various ecstatic religious phenomena and various heroic and visionary contexts within a great number
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