UNIVERSAL MISSION STATEMENTChapter 31

“To Improve the Economic Well-being and Quality of Life of All Stake-Holders”

Mark KleinPhil Rogers

THREE PARTS

Economic well-being

Quality of life

All Stake-holders

ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

Organizations are established primarily to serve economic purposes

Employment provides for people’s livelihoods

Jobs produce wealth

QUALITY OF LIFE

Acceptance and love

Challenge and growth

Purpose and meaning

QUALITY OF LIFE

Fairness and opportunity

Life balance

ALL STAKE-HOLDERS

“WHO WILL SUFFER IF THE ENTERPRISE FAILS?”

BENEFITS Ecological balance

Short- and long-term perspective

Professional challenge

BENEFITS

Management context

Personal sense of stewardship

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Today many American corporations spend a great deal of money and time trying to increase the originality of their employees, hoping thereby to get a competitive edge in the marketplace. But such programs make no difference unless management also learns to recognize the valuable ideas among the many novel ones, and then finds ways of implementing them.“Professor and Former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of ChicagoAuthor of Creativity, Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

PRINCIPLE-CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Mark KleinPhil Rogers

Controversy

Expectations of society stem from trust issues. Communication processes begin to

deteriorate. Siege mentality

Lack of Common Vision

Scarcity mentality-few resources This leads to a competitive work

environment instead of one with synergy- Insert class wave here.

Without common vision the process goes awry.

Vision should include improvement

The mission statement

The Mission Statemet What is it your life is about? How are you going about it?

Natural Laws of Change

“Personal integrity develops strength of character.”

Growth in mutual trustworthiness Be proactive and inwardly directed

The Trim-Tab Factor “By making changes in

your part of the system and believing that through a process of patience and diligence you begin to have reverberations on other parts of the ecosystem.”

Transition figures

Shared Responsibilities

An Ecosystem For Learning

Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem Impacting the “Ecosystem”

Result: students become more learner driven => the teacher becomes more empowered

Driving vs. Restraining Forces

Inside-out approach Create the proper environment

Be patient

Implementing

The process depends on five prerequisites for success 7 habits Understanding importance of

private victories Patience Alignment “Walk the talk”

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