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Values and the seven deadly sins

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  • Aleksander Zadel

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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.

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  • Aleksander Zadel, 2006. "Values and the seven deadly sins," International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(3), pages 264-277.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:3:y:2006:i:3:p:264-277
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