Values and the seven deadly sins
by Aleksander Zadel
International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development (IJMED), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2006

Abstract: Gurus of modern management speak of the crisis of values. However, it is not values that are undergoing a crisis, but people in their inability to live in compliance with them. What does a manager lack to live as a prey and, conversely, what does a person – manager possess to act as a hunter? The two differ in their respective attitudes towards life. While the former transfers the responsibility for his/her failure on circumstances, the latter personifies his/her own responsibility in the purest form. Any company will become a story of success when it will have achieved a critical mass of hunters. These will not only fight against the disintegration of values, but also become the reference of how to comply with values even in hardest real-life management situations. By then, we will stop asking ourselves how we can avoid the seven deadly sins: we will acquire the knowledge of how to manage them.

Online publication date: Fri, 27-Jan-2006

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