Unfortunately the term "political" tends to hint at a seedy underhand style of management/leadership. Can you quickly define political in your context.
It's interesting to see politics framed in the negative, as in 'politicking.' Politics cannot be purged of negativity, and I'm not attempting some utopian conception of the term. Stating ones concerns over power, control and inclusion in national and international public affairs involves one in active opposition. Leadership & management are the imposition of one's concerns on others, and therefore cannot avoid antagonisms. Education is therefore also political, leadership education doubly so.
Conflating 'politics' with 'seediness' betrays a faith in an unsullied form of supra-political engagement: one that transcends corruption. If one believes that underhand practices must be countered by forces of accountability, transparency and inclusive deliberation, then ones attention is still in the realm of politics. Recognizing the error of inculcating 'seediness of style' is the embodiment of a political conception of leadership education. But beware of an apolitical negation of antagonism
I suppose my view on political is slightly negative. The literature clearly states that as soon as you manage in an organisation you are in a political environment and that if you don't engage politically with it you will eventually fail in any attempt to influence people. Unfortunately I can't shed the feeling that politics is negative in some way especially if it is concentrated on to the exclusion of all other organisational activities.
Yes: there is a technically oriented, interpersonal ineptitude that ends in reduced influence. But beyond a shortfall in technical skill, there is a more worrying lack of understanding about the purposes that that influence serves. Whether managers only serve the interests of shareholders, or whether they recognize their role in affecting a wider social good, requires a more mature appreciation of the Political. Is this technical political ineptitude or a morality-oriented Political delinquency?
Presents a challenging, externally focused view of the executives of the future and what they will need to succeed.
Don't get this suggested split - managers need information and then ways to orchestrate it. A true educator will customise from an array of resources, and with the active involvement of the executive.
Knowledge into activism? Yes please! Managers need to take up their responsibilities and tackle big issues, not just fiddle with their spreadsheets!!
An awful lot of technical information, data, and models on how to do a manager's job is already available on the Internet, free of charge, if you know where to look. This resource of management knowledge continues to grow, in size/quality. Is the future of management education about acquiring and implementing this common knowledge? Or might future of management education be about acquiring the sense and courage to challenge it? Do we continue with more of the same, or do we re-evaluate?
Good point. A lot of easily available information is "old favorites". But management and leadership is more than plug and play, and educating for the future may be more about how best to use the info in a discerning way and then doing something with it. This may mean a very customised approach, a mix tailored to the individual.The world shown could be frightening for many -I see a real possibility of retreating, rather than face head on the challenges.
I'm not talking about educating 'for' the future but educating 'in' it -- ten, twenty years from now. A scenario we may need to plan for is one where the dissemination of knowledge, and the application of that knowledge, is no longer an appropriate model for business. Who is customizing what? It would seem that you still see a mediating class of the learned supplying this knowledge. Retreating into such anachronistic passivity appears less than customized for business, and certainly a-political.
Interesting illustration of the execed industry... :)
Lightlumina 2 years ago
What!!!!!
Have you got sub-titles for the hard of thinking!?!
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Fluffysausage 4 years ago
mufassa....king of the land....or is that vader....lol
deathtrip66 4 years ago
Unfortunately the term "political" tends to hint at a seedy underhand style of management/leadership. Can you quickly define political in your context.
davidmedcalf 4 years ago
It's interesting to see politics framed in the negative, as in 'politicking.' Politics cannot be purged of negativity, and I'm not attempting some utopian conception of the term. Stating ones concerns over power, control and inclusion in national and international public affairs involves one in active opposition. Leadership & management are the imposition of one's concerns on others, and therefore cannot avoid antagonisms. Education is therefore also political, leadership education doubly so.
executivezen 4 years ago
Conflating 'politics' with 'seediness' betrays a faith in an unsullied form of supra-political engagement: one that transcends corruption. If one believes that underhand practices must be countered by forces of accountability, transparency and inclusive deliberation, then ones attention is still in the realm of politics. Recognizing the error of inculcating 'seediness of style' is the embodiment of a political conception of leadership education. But beware of an apolitical negation of antagonism
executivezen 4 years ago
I suppose my view on political is slightly negative. The literature clearly states that as soon as you manage in an organisation you are in a political environment and that if you don't engage politically with it you will eventually fail in any attempt to influence people. Unfortunately I can't shed the feeling that politics is negative in some way especially if it is concentrated on to the exclusion of all other organisational activities.
mountlandlass 4 years ago
Yes: there is a technically oriented, interpersonal ineptitude that ends in reduced influence. But beyond a shortfall in technical skill, there is a more worrying lack of understanding about the purposes that that influence serves. Whether managers only serve the interests of shareholders, or whether they recognize their role in affecting a wider social good, requires a more mature appreciation of the Political. Is this technical political ineptitude or a morality-oriented Political delinquency?
executivezen 4 years ago
Presents a challenging, externally focused view of the executives of the future and what they will need to succeed.
Don't get this suggested split - managers need information and then ways to orchestrate it. A true educator will customise from an array of resources, and with the active involvement of the executive.
Knowledge into activism? Yes please! Managers need to take up their responsibilities and tackle big issues, not just fiddle with their spreadsheets!!
steve101555 4 years ago
An awful lot of technical information, data, and models on how to do a manager's job is already available on the Internet, free of charge, if you know where to look. This resource of management knowledge continues to grow, in size/quality. Is the future of management education about acquiring and implementing this common knowledge? Or might future of management education be about acquiring the sense and courage to challenge it? Do we continue with more of the same, or do we re-evaluate?
executivezen 4 years ago
Good point. A lot of easily available information is "old favorites". But management and leadership is more than plug and play, and educating for the future may be more about how best to use the info in a discerning way and then doing something with it. This may mean a very customised approach, a mix tailored to the individual.The world shown could be frightening for many -I see a real possibility of retreating, rather than face head on the challenges.
steve101555 4 years ago
I'm not talking about educating 'for' the future but educating 'in' it -- ten, twenty years from now. A scenario we may need to plan for is one where the dissemination of knowledge, and the application of that knowledge, is no longer an appropriate model for business. Who is customizing what? It would seem that you still see a mediating class of the learned supplying this knowledge. Retreating into such anachronistic passivity appears less than customized for business, and certainly a-political.
executivezen 4 years ago
provocative!
Buzper 4 years ago
!!! I think it's brilliant. I love the graphics. ....and it sparks some thoughts... Activism...for what?
I also just wonder wonder wonder how the issues of resource shortages will be handled...
executivezen 4 years ago