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Organizational Leadership: The Philosophical Landscape. By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph. Organizational Inquiry. Inquiry Descriptive Inquiry Prescriptive Inquiry Moral Theories Teleological Deontological Virtue-Based. Laws and Rules.
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Organizational Leadership: The Philosophical Landscape By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph
Organizational Inquiry • Inquiry • Descriptive Inquiry • Prescriptive Inquiry • Moral Theories • Teleological • Deontological • Virtue-Based
Laws and Rules • Laws of Nature • Laws of State • Rules of Morality • Organizational Rules
Organizatonal Ends and Means • Ends, Goals, Purposes • efficiency • Simple, complex • Clear, vague • Easily attained, less easily attained • Unintended consequences • Ends and Means (Good, Bad) • Ethics=Which goals are good and how can they be achieved within the constraints of morality. • Business Organizations • Goal is to make money • Stakeholders: employees, consumers, contractors, local community etc. • Political Organizations • Purpose-protect its citizens from internal external threats. • Cooperation within Organizations • Voluntary- non-coercive • Involuntary-coercive • Entry and exit from organizations
Organizational Planning • Planning • Ends • Means • Individual Planning • Collective Planning • Cooperation • The Science of Power • Self-interest • Hierarchy • Leaders and followers • Physical Force • Manipulation of Information