This week’s reading was Chapter 6: One Key Tool: The Polarity Map. This chapter begins by defining Polarity Map as an especially useful tool for achieving Integration on the paradox management continuum, developed by Dr. Barry Johnson and the Polarity Management association. (Schuman, A., Stutz, S., & Ward, J.L. 2012, p.115) The author’s made it very practical and easy to grasp the concept of the Polarity Map by using the family business of a lady name Anna. According to the reading, Anna was from a large Greek family that owned global food business and she was faced with many of the paradoxes that arise with the third generation of family business. Anna was able to provide testimonies about the difficulties that she faced as the matriarch of the family business while switching the family from an either/Or mindset to a both/AND mindset. She express that her predecessors didn’t tolerate disagreements and conflicts and that they lived in a state of uncertainty because no one was free to discuss their real concerns about anything. In order to change the culture of the business, it was decided by the powers that be to develop an internship program that will be beneficial to the business and the family. This was done successfully for the family business by implementing the Polarity Map process. Anna’s family business first assemble a group that was made up of both family members and members of the company’s HR staff, thus satisfies the necessity to have parties from both the family side and the business side. This helps clearly identify values that will be supportive of the needs of the business and the needs of the family. This process is very beneficial to Anna’s family because it allowed the family to hear the concerns of the... ... middle of paper ... ...asp the concepts and show who they can be applied to the various paradoxes that may arise. The information supports the reader’s position because the reader believes that paradoxes can be managed if the right tools are used. The Polarity Map implementation of neutral or positive words for each side of the paradox is a very important element to the reader. So many times in conflict when parties don’t agree with a certain perspective it is likely that the party uses negative or unkind words when explaining the opposing position. This makes it so much easier for the atmosphere to be open for meaningful dialogue that will lead to outcomes that will be beneficial to the family members, non-related employees, and the family business as a whole. Reference: Schuman, A., Stutz, S., & Ward, J. L. (2010). Family business as paradox. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.
McCullough describes the family as a paradox. "It was, plainly, a family of paradoxes: privileged and cushioned beyond most people's imagining, yet little like the stereotype of the vapid, insular rich; uneducated in any usual, formal fashion but also uninhibited by education - ardent readers, insatiable askers of questions; chronically troubled, cursed it would seem, by one illness or mysterious disorder after another, yet refusing to subject others to their troubles or to give in to despair" (pg. 37).
In a country like the United States of America, with a history of every individual having an equal opportunity to reach their dreams, it becomes harder and harder to grasp the reality that equal opportunity is diminishing as the years go on. The book Our Kids by Robert Putnam illustrates this reality and compares life during the 1950’s and today’s society and how it has gradually gotten to a point of inequality. In particular, he goes into two touching stories, one that shows the changes in the communities we live in and another that illustrates the change of family structure. In the end he shows how both stories contribute to the American dream slipping away from our hands.
Jennings, Marianne M. Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment. Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning, 2008. Print.
In this story, it seems that money that is the root of all barriers that keep this family from their chosen dreams. The Youngers come together in the end in finding that if you let it, money will control your life. So it is important to make proper use of its investment before it, like raisins dry up over time in the sun. Though they are confronted by multiple challenges of an economic and racial nature the Younger family uses the adversity to reveal their common standing values that hold them together.
Since the 20th century, researchers have sought out solutions to help assist families and the individual components that make up family systems overcome the challenges and schisms that can inhibit individuation and stability. Two theoretical perspectives, the family-systems theory and the family-development theory, were conceived to gain as Balswick & Balswick (2014) noted, gain “a wide-angle view of family life” (p. 22). Though these two theories have merit, one I found to be more advantageous in gaining a better understanding of the family as an actively metastasizing organism, which needs to be approached more adaptively.
The mother gave birth to six daughters. The daughters all got jobs at a seafood restaurant ran by a man from Boston. All of the sisters “made good money on tips” (MacLeod 268) but even though they made a respectable income the mother “was angry [her daughters] should even conceive of working in such a place” (MacLeod 267). The mother does not judge the restaurant on their food or the service but simply that he is an outsider. She didn’t accept their daughter’s gifts because they get their money from that restaurant. If the mother were to accept financial help from the daughters they would have a better lifestyle. The six daughters of the mother later became wives to six young men in big cities such as New York or Montreal. There they are wealthy and “drove expensive cars” (MacLeod271), yet the mother “never accepted the young men” (MacLeod 271) because “They were not of her sea” (MacLeod271). The daughters becoming so wealthy could have been a blessing for the family. They could have had help from the d...
Lawrence, Anne T., and James Weber. Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2008. Print.
It’s not easy to build an ideal family. In the article “The American Family” by Stephanie Coontz, she argued that during this century families succeed more when they discuss problems openly, and when social institutions are flexible in meeting families’ needs. When women have more choices to make their own decisions. She also argued that to have an ideal family women can expect a lot from men especially when it comes to his involvement in the house. Raymond Carver, the author of “Where He Was: Memories of My Father”, argued how his upbringing and lack of social institutions prevented him from building an ideal family. He showed the readers that his mother hide all the problems instead of solving them. She also didn’t have any choice but to stay with his drunk father, who was barely involved in the house. Carvers’ memoir is relevant to Coontz argument about what is needed to have an ideal family.
Rosen, E. I. (2005). Life Inside America's Largest Dysfunctional Family. New Labor Forum, 14(1), 31-39.
Defrain, John and Stinnett, Nick. Ilg. Secrets of Strong Families. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985.
Martineau assigned the financial management of the household to women. While she did indicate that it was the husband’s role to bring in wages, it was the wife who was responsible for maintaining and managing the expenses of the household. Mrs. Bell turns away her sister’s children after their mother dies saying “don’t expect me to put any such dead weight on my husband’s neck” (Martineau 11). Marshall objects with the fact that Bell’s “husband earns better wages than [hers]” (11). In this exchange, Martineau places the decision within the context of the respective families’ financial concerns.
Throughout the play Death of a Salesman the main character, Willy Loman, struggles to find a medium between his family and career life. Such an occurrence is common throughout history, and one only needs to look at celebrities to see that such a statement is accurate as more often than naught, the pursuit of wealth and a tight family unit don’t often correlate well together. Perhaps this is a matter of balancing one’s personal life, and one’s career. Yet few have managed to succeed in maintaining both on equal level, as one is valued above the other. This may not be seen as a drastic problem, for most people, as they are happy with their income rates and family relationships, and thus doesn’t see a need to change to improve either one. Some might even argue that it’s the normal thing, and that the other side is not affected by the amount of time that they prioritize with either their family or work. In fact, most might say, that in focusing more on one aspect, be it their job or their family, the other simply balances out. However, this tends to be more noticeable in families that prioritize their relationships above their career, as they see their wealth as something that
Throughout the whole book that paradox is being used and the paradoxes of love and appearance are helping contribute to
Ward, J. L. (2004). Perpetuating the family business: 50 lessons learned from long-lasting, successful families in business. Palgrave Macmillan.
The first section describes the decision story, which narrate my choice and how I went about it. Next, the paper looks into the frames used and missed in my decision-making. Here, I also describe the influence of mental structures in making judgments. The third section reviews the intelligence gathering procedures, where I describe my approaches in information collection and minimizing uncertainties. This section also mentions the negative influence of availability bias, as mention by Schoemake and Russo (2002) and Kahneman (2011). The fourth section looks into the conclusion, where I explain how I concluded that Organization Leadership was the best choice. In ending the research, I will also reflect on my personal growth since I made the decision and its impact on my future, as