I'm convinced now, more than ever, that the Truth (intersection between knowledge and my understanding) will not exist in organizations. Organizations hold missions and statements of belief that represent their motivation-driven outcomes. That is not to say that I believe that all organization is bad or that organizations cannot become smarter or more aligned with the Truth.
Chesterton presents in Orthodoxy - The Ethics of Elfland the arguement that democracy and libralism are the same thing. This challenged my thinking this week about organizational intent and specifically the intention of state agencies that act as regulatory arms of the legislature. Organizations and agencies sometimes present false dogmata and dicotomies that do not fully represent issues they were intended to serve (Practice isn't always what was intended in the Law). I find this interesting when considering concepts of managment and the first priority being getting the right people on the bus (collins, 2001) Inherant in the DNA of a democratic nation should be a suspicion about what is intended and how it is carried out. When you suspect conspiracy, don't rule out incompetence, and for heavens sake be educated and aware (Ohler, 2000).
Looking forward to the next Chesterton conversation and the "ahas" that time will bring.
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GodTube Link of Christian and Christ Follower Video as promised:
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=240ad5b9b413aa7346a1&page=1&viewtype=&category=tf
Couldn't get href to work so you'll have to copy and paste.
Drewman,
You said, " . . .Truth (intersection between knowledge and my understanding) . . ."
This is an interesting definition of Truth (note the capital "T").
I am not so confident in the level of my understanding, nor am I, for that matter, that confident in the level of my knowledge either. At least not confident enough to arrive at what THE Truth is.
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