A Commentary on Sustainability and Organizational Life
In the final chapter of the book we describe human beings and their functions and show how such an understanding can be the only reasonable starting point when addressing, analyzing or living within organizations. Based on this discussion we summarize the
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A Commentary on Sustainability and Organizational Life
Abstract In the final chapter of the book we describe human beings and their functions and show how such an understanding can be the only reasonable starting point when addressing, analyzing or living within organizations. Based on this discussion we summarize the previous discussions into a coherent and ontological description of being in organizations and organizational life. Keywords Human • Being • Organization • Dialectical • Sustainable • Intentionality • Intersubjectivity • Humanization Through the ethical and existential discussions in this book it has been shown that any perception is always a result of emotional, historical and ethical considerations, which entails that all considerations, argumentations and scientific endeavors are in relation to a context, position and individual. By accepting this notion, any theoretical description must take into account its relation to society and relevant contexts. As such, theories and any statements cannot be said to be neutral, objective or in any other manner detached from their context and values therein, since they are a part of our perception and we are situated in our being with our biography and horizon. This chapter will therefore discuss the results of the discussions so far, along with their assumptions and consequences in regard to organizational life and organizational research. © The Author(s) 2020 K. M. M. Møller, M. Fast, Investigating Being in Organizations and Leadership, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58138-1_7
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The founding assumption of this book is that any organizational discussion must originate and be directed by our knowledge of human beings. Therefore, we have discussed human beings in regard to their existential functions and their dialectical relationship in and with everyday organizational life. We are all the result of an entangled existence whereby any careful consideration will inevitably blur the line between what is yours and mine, of me. Identity, thought and perception and what follows thereof are the result of dialectical, ethical, conscious and unconscious processes of which we merely experience the result. Despite the separation of existential functions and of everyday life made so far, it should be noted that such a division is only analytically viable. In everyday life the division is as misguiding as it is apt, since it attempts to direct attention toward a part of life we rarely if ever truly experience. Take our thoughts, our most private and uniquely individual experience: even here we are experiencing them as they have occurred, as a retrospective image upon which we attempt to infer presence. It appears as if the division between everyday life and existential functions entails a similar distance between the lived life and reflections thereof, as a psychologist might experience relating to their patients. While analytical insight provides details, it also provides a perspective which challenges the possibility of a truly
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