Langenberg / Beyers Citizenship in Organizations

Practicing the Immeasurable
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-60237-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 317 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book explores the concept of citizenship, and the role that organizations can or do play in its creation, stimulation and control. Offering multiple organizational perspectives (private and public organisations) and their relation to several types of output (citizenship, poverty, profit, employability), this work presents a rich collection of philosophical thoughts and practices on the subject of citizenship within and without the organizational context. Particular attention is given to this human aspect, an element of unpredictability, a gut feeling, the unknown... something immeasurable that plays a part in human relations and how they organize themselves. Citizenship in Organizations casts new light on the impact of organizations to the notion of citizenship.

Suzan Langenberg is a researcher, trainer and consultant and holds a PhD in Philosophy and Business Ethics from the Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Suzan is the author of multiple works on criticism and speaking up within an organizational context. Throughout her many years as coach and facilitator, she has built an extensive experience in leadership and organizational issues. Suzan is also active as a moderator of debates on social and philosophical issues.Fleur Beyers is an editor and researcher with a passion for language and philosophy. As a partner in a consulting firm, she has come across a wide variety of issues relating organizations and the position of the individual therein. She is also the co-owner of a Brasserie/Bar, which has provided her with a great amount of organizational practice. Fleur holds a research Master of Cultural Analysis from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langenberg, Suzan

Beyers, Fleur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;Contents;6
3;Notes on Contributors;8
4;List of Figures;12
5;List of Tables;13
6;Introduction;14
6.1; An Example of Mixing the Incompatible;17
6.2; Organization Theory;18
6.3; Organizational Paradigms;19
6.4; Fourteen Contributions;22
6.5;References;28
7;In What Sense Does Economic Immeasurability Exist?;30
7.1; Introduction;30
7.2; Timeless Time and Future;35
7.3; Undecidability and Immeasurability;40
7.4; Notes;46
7.5;References;48
8;Meeting at the Boundaries: Marginality as a Source of Wealth;50
8.1; Background and Scope of the Chapter;50
8.2; Hermeneutics;53
8.3; 2, 4, 8 … Doubling as the Basic Multiplier;53
8.4; Meeting at the Boundaries;56
8.5; Making Sense of the Two Themes: Growth and Development;58
8.6; Linking the Text to Professional Experience in Organizations and Social Systems;62
8.7; Concluding Remarks: About Hebron;64
8.8; Notes;65
8.9;References;65
9;Inequality of Power;67
9.1; Introduction;68
9.2; Inequality: Injustice or Submission?;68
9.3; Coercive Power and Social Inequality;70
9.4; Four Figures of Power;71
9.5; Slavery;72
9.6; Four Powers and Their Enslavement;74
9.7; Power Inequality After the Abolition of Slavery;77
9.8; Political Imbalance of Power;78
9.9; The Unequalizing Power of Possession;79
9.10; Self-Mastery and Equalization;80
9.11; Conclusion;81
9.12; Notes;82
9.13;References;83
10;Politics: Understanding a Volatile Realm;85
10.1; Introduction;86
10.1.1; Politics: An Immeasurable;86
10.2; Dislocation;87
10.3; An Examination of the Definition: A Practical Case;89
10.4; Multifocal: Only One View on a Given Situation;94
10.5; Contingent and Unpredictable;95
10.6; A Personal Dimension;96
10.6.1; Tension—Attention—Awaiting: Producing Politics;96
10.6.2; Personal Necessity Generating Politics;96
10.7; Going Public: Converging Public and Personal Interests;97
10.8; De-personalizing: The Political Realm;98
10.9; Opening an Immeasurable Realm;99
10.10; Abstraction Producing Governance;100
10.11; The Case Revisited;101
10.12; Revisiting My Definition of Politics;102
10.13; Conclusion;105
10.14;References;106
11;Is There Space for Rational Thinking in Altruism? From Charity to Philanthropy;107
11.1; Introduction;108
11.2; Exploring Some Mental Processes Which Suppress Rational Thinking;109
11.2.1; Religious Convictions and Ideologies of ‘Helping the Poor’;110
11.2.2; Compassion and Ethical Drive Tend to Suppress Exploring the Feasibility of Altruistic Actions;111
11.2.3; ‘Doing Well’ Should Be Unselfish!;112
11.3; Some Critical Voices About Charity and Aid Organizations;113
11.4; Appreciating Charitable Projects, Not Just Their Organizations;118
11.5; Guiding Thoughts on Responsible Altruism;125
11.6; Notes;126
11.7;References;127
12;Guiltless Guilt, Basis of a Critical Morality;128
12.1; Introduction;129
12.2; The Original Sin;130
12.3; The Guilty Context;132
12.4; Guilty Language;134
12.5; How Can We Escape the Guilty Context?;136
12.6; The Awareness of Guilt, the Basis for a Critical Ethic;138
12.7; Facilitation of Criticism in Organizations;139
12.8; Notes;142
12.9;References;142
13;Organizing Counter-Conduct;143
13.1; Introduction;144
13.2; Organizing Is Changing;146
13.3; Sensemaking and Interruption;150
13.4; The Relation with Criticism, the Foucauldian Version;151
13.5; Resistance/Counter-Conduct;153
13.6; The Role of Answering and Othering;155
13.7; Back to Organizing Again;158
13.8; Final Remarks;161
13.9; Notes;162
13.10;References;163
14;Emergent Times: Disruptive Logic as a Breeding Ground;166
14.1; Notes;182
14.2;References;182
15;Toward an Irony-Centered Organization;184
15.1; Introduction;185
15.2; The Relationship Between the Organizational Words and the Organizational Things;186
15.3; Language and Economy;188
15.4; Functionality Versus Factors of Expressiveness;189
15.5; Irony as Factor of Expressiveness;192
15.6; Language and Work;193
15.7; Language Theory of the Financial Markets;194
15.8; Kierkegaard’s Negative Freedom;197
15.9; The Concept of Irony;198
15.10; Contradictions and Organizations;200
15.11; Irony as a Critical Stance Within the Organization;203
15.12; Toward an Irony-Centered Organization;205
15.13;References;208
16;Immeasurability, Biology, Identity. Citizenship and the Meaning of a Diagnostic Label for Adults Diagnosed with Autism;209
16.1; Introduction;210
16.2; Methodology;213
16.3; Results;215
16.4; Autism’s Moral Career;216
16.5; Autism’s Explanatory Power and Practical Advantages;220
16.6; Autism’s Ambiguities;222
16.7; Conclusion: Beyond the Diagnosis;225
16.8; Notes;229
16.9;References;229
17;Recognition: A Business Case for Developing Through Relationships;232
17.1; Introduction;233
17.2; Modern Man and the Issue of Recognition;234
17.3; Understanding Human Development;236
17.4; Recognition in the Organization;241
17.5; The Case of Sheila;245
17.6; The Case of Anita;248
17.7; Conclusion;253
17.8; Notes;254
17.9;References;255
18;Facilitating the Unexpected;256
18.1; Introduction;257
18.2; Family Group Conferencing, Reveal the Unpredictable;257
18.3; The Origin of Eigen Kracht-Conferenties;260
18.3.1; There Is an Issue;261
18.3.2; The Referral;262
18.4; Patrick’s Story: ‘My Network Will Never Help Me’;263
18.4.1; The Activation of the Network;264
18.5; A Story of Family Care: ‘We Did Not Know’;265
18.5.1; The Actual Meeting: An Eigen Kracht-Conferentie;266
18.6; When the Organization Meets a Person: Julien, Rescued from Care5;267
18.7; The Outcome of an EK-c;271
18.8; Tom’s Story;271
18.9; Lucy’s Story;272
18.10; Conclusion;273
18.11; Notes;274
18.12;References;275
19;Boundaries of (Im)measurability in Palliative Care;276
19.1; Introduction;277
19.2; Palliative Support Team;277
19.2.1; Legal Regulation PST;277
19.2.2; Positioning of PST Within the Hospital Structure;278
19.2.3; PST in Practice;278
19.2.4; Role as Psychologist Within the PST;279
19.3; Palliative Care;280
19.4; Measurability and Immeasurability in Palliative Care;281
19.4.1; False Reassurance;286
19.5; Palliative Care Within the Hospital Organization: A Field of Tension;286
19.6; Case Analysis;288
19.6.1; Case 1;288
19.6.1.1; Measurable Versus Immeasurable in Case 1;289
19.6.2; Case 2;291
19.6.2.1; Measurable Versus Immeasurable in Case 2;292
19.7; Conclusion and Discussion;293
19.8;References;294
20;Measuring the Immeasurable;295
20.1; Introduction;296
20.2; Definition of Poverty;298
20.2.1; Inequality Poverty Versus Endemic Poverty;299
20.3; Traditional ‘Solutions’ to Poverty;299
20.3.1; Small-Scale Social Practice;299
20.3.2; Social Work;300
20.4; Is Poverty Inevitable?;303
20.5; The Importance of Measuring Well-Being;304
20.6; Choosing the Right Measuring Tools;306
20.6.1; Addressing the Poverty Web with System Dynamics;306
20.6.2; Money Matters;308
20.6.3; Fooled by Experience Based Learning;309
20.7; ATK: A Multi-Disciplinary Action Research Project;310
20.8; Conclusion;311
20.9; Notes;312
20.10;References;313
21;Index;315