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Have a minute? Great, because the skills I learned from the past five weeks are immeasurable and would like to share with you. I believe these skills are life changing, they were for me. I am 49 years old, yes, 49. I cannot believe it myself. I am like so many others. I got to this point in my life and wonder, what is my purpose in life? What do I want out of my life? Where am I headed in life? You don't have time to waste. So start managing your life effectively, living a life of purpose, stewardship, and remember to fill your tank.
The Biblical Basis for Business Enterprise
While business enterprise is the activity of providing goods and services, many companies lose sight or do not want to implement the aspect of Godliness into their company’s mission. It’s a struggle and balancing act for many high level executives. The conflict is high profit with the risk of ignoring biblical principles or low profits but more peace of mind in knowing you and your company are doing the right thing. Some executives are able to achieve both; high profit with peace of mind and doing the right thing but not many.
A Biblical View of Work and Vocation
How many of us go to our dream job every day? Even more if we do think and feel we are in the job of our dreams; does it coincide with God’s calling for us? As long as your job is legitimate work, you are serving God by creating good. While going through this course, Principles of Self Management in Business I struggled with relating my career as a Configuration Technician with doing God’s work. While fulfilling the reading and journal requirements for this course, I have realized how my position at Haworth is doing God’s work. I am serving external and internal customers, let alone ...
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... they are serving the needs of others in a structured, timely, and practical way and achieve what they set out to accomplish. This description could not describe my personality any better. I enjoy learning more about my personality type and the personality type of others. The information provided helps us to understand one another, what motivates us, and what pushes are buttons.
To sum up my learning experience the past five weeks, it’s vital to invest in yourself by taking care of you, others, and things around you. To do so you need to have the knowledge, the skills, and the desire. You are not in this world alone. We are all in it together. We are here on earth to be good stewards. There is no “I” in team. We need to row the boat and rowing the boat is proactive, interdependence, your circle of influence; it’s beginning with the end in mind, its synergy.
Alexander Hill, Just Business Christian Ethics for the Marketplace. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2008. Paperback. $14.95Jessica Burt
The world seems to look at business as the root and means of many forms of evil, even Christians. It is easier to see the lies and deceit behind many business deals and even successful business than it is integrity and honesty within the realms of business. Why is it that the business world seems so tainted by sin? These are the issues that Wayne Grudem addresses in his book, Bussines for the Glory of God: The Bible`s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business. Grudem specifically develops arguments for why 11 specific aspects of business are actually fundamentally designed to glorify God rather than cause evil. Grudem doesn’t only want believers to see these Biblical truths but also nonbelievers. His hope is that the business world be the one in which we see the world transformed by the Gospel. He hopes that each individual can and will take heed of the Biblical truths regarding business and hold fast to them, overcoming sin and temptation, in order to bring glory to the God who created it all. Two of the specific aspects he addresses are employment and borrowing and lending. Grudem develops an argument for each of these aspects as to why they are fundamentally good and why and how they each provide individually many opportunities for glorifying God. Grudem effectively fleshes out how employment is a biblical principle starting with Jesus words himself, “The laborer deserves his wages.” (Luke 10:7) Grudem uses
...ints this can be accomplished by applying the remedies discussed by Rion. Applying these principles will be helpful in building relationships with customers, employees, and stakeholders. Associates who know how to handle ethical concerns are also more productive, they possess strong core values that reinforce their sense of purpose. Rion’s concepts are ethically sound, relevant, and can be supported by biblical verses like Col. 4:1, 1 Jn. 5:4, and Ro.3:31. “If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble” as cited by Henry Kravis N.D.
My Keirsey Temperament Sorter results indicate my personality type is that of a Guardian and make-up about 40 – 50 percent of the population. Guardians use their skills to keep everything running smoothly, have a lot of fun with family and friends, but serious when it comes to responsibilities. Characteristics include dependable, humble, trustworthy, loyal, helpful, hardworking, and stabilizing leaders. I’m the type of person that follows schedules and deadlines, but also likes to have fun and enjoy life. There should be a balance, and like the saying goes, work hard and play hard.
First, by reading over my results it was very helpful to understand why I like putting others before myself, defending those who need it, and always serving others because I am the defender and that’s what 13% of the people around the world do. It is also helpful to understand why I am shyer and introverted because I put others before myself and I serve them. I also felt that by knowing what I am stronger at or weaker of so I know how to approach any situation in the future. The one thing that I found to be least helpful is that even though I know my negative traits, it will be very hard to break those habits because those qualities define who I am. Some of my most accurate responses were supportive, reliable, being a great family man and husband, caring, imaginative and observant, loyal, enthusiastic, hardworking and an admirable employee. Altogether, there was nothing that does not define who I am. These results for me were actually highly
The biblical worldview influences me with deciding on what career would be best for me and how I should do it. Decision making is sometimes difficult for some people, unless they feel God has given them a “calling” in a certain career
“I believe that you can combine biblical principles and good business practice. I testified before congress... On how to be honest and successful at the same time.” –Truett Cathy- This is a famous quote of Truett Cathy. He believed that being successful in a business did not require any entrepreneur to be a liar in order to be successful. He believed that if he prayed and followed in the path in which God prepared for him things would work out. For Truett Cathy this was part of him becoming a successful entrepreneur. He had a planned that he stuck to and that he was very successful in.
Many work environments today are very fast-paced and hectic. Managers and decision makers can be harsh and over-bearing when it comes to approaching deadlines and completing tasks. This type of setting can produce a resentful mentality in that of the workers, making them resent fulfilling the commands of their leaders. Nonetheless, God wants you to act as if you are primarily serving the Him, not just your manager. God wants his people to see Him as the ultimate Boss. In the Letter of Paul to the Colossians Paul says, “Slaves, give entire obedience to your earthly masters, not merely with an outward show of service, to curry favour with men, but with single-mindedness, out of reverence for ...
We each receive our own divine call from God. Sometimes this call alines with our own aspirations and goals, and other times it doesn’t. After the reading Gary Selby’s paper on Vocation I was left uncertain if my career goals and works were the same as God’s vocation for me. I have chosen to major in Sports Administration to pursue a career in the Lakers’ front office. This might also be God’s calling for me but, I’m at an uncertain moment in my life to know for certain if this is my ultimate calling.
I am an intuitive-feeling personality. I am charismatic, participative and very people oriented. I tend to focus on the big picture and not the small specifics. I am not power hungry and try to be helpful and giving to those around me.
"The purpose of developing a Christian view of the world is not merely to evaluate and judge the world, but to change it," (Boa, 2004). Having a Christian worldview is hard enough in American but add in the entire world and it can be a little trickier. Thinking Christianly has a major impact on how someone would do business overseas, in a global economy. When it comes to a Christian worldview in a global economy there are numerous issues that can come up. Different countries and cultures have different things that they deem acceptable; however, when you are looking at it from a Christian standpoint you may have to handle things in a different manner. Just because something is acceptable or legal in the world does not make it acceptable to someone with a Christian worldview. John 17:17 says that, "The word is truth," so when one is looking for direction and guidance in any aspect of business he will always know that the word of God is truth that he can turn to. Although the field of business has many negative connotations with Christianity there are also positive ones. There are two main issues that this paper will address. The first issue, pollution, can be view negatively. The second issue, job opportunities, can be view positively.
When it comes to the way you treat and speak to others on a daily basis I think it comes down to being mindful and caring. God was a leader and expects us to be a leader and help those around us. I feel as Christians it is important for us to feel comfortable enough to speak the word of God to others to form conversation and friendships. I feel like a biblical worldview could influence the way you decide on a future career. With God expecting us to act as servants and help others I feel like it would only be right in choosing a job geared to helping others and spreading the word. For myself, I know I have always wanted to become a teacher and influencing children and helping them create their own personal worldview. I look forward to teaching young children the word of God in their younger
However, the selection of an appropriate business model reflects ethical practice that yields to ethical considerations could benefit from a Christian worldview into their business practice perspective. “Someone with a Christian understanding of the unconditional value of life, cannot be careless in the workplace about products and quality-standards that pose a threat to the lives of consumers or employees. Neither can someone who believes that humans have the responsibility to cultivate and protect nature, be careless about pollution and ozone- depletion. In the same way, someone with a conviction that special care should be taken of the unfortunate in society, cannot be unconcerned about employment practices that cause hardships for employees in their old age (Kim et al.,2009).” Employees that share Christian worldview may add to the efficiency of a business’s operations.
The provided overview of the Consul personality type offers insights into various features of my personality.
Business nowadays encounter with a lot of moral challenges in today’s global economy. Everyone is thriving to be more successful than their competitors, to make their next profits, to keep their job, to earn a big bonus, or to compete effectively. There exists temptation to bend lines, omit information, and do whatever it takes to get ahead of their competition. Many business employees and executives succumb. Sadly, the theme becomes...