Human flourishing means people perform at their best by willingly and fully expressing their competence, realizing autonomy, and experiencing relatedness in doing their daily jobs, i.e., ‘implementing organizational strategy.’ Organizational…
The title may seem like an oxymoron. Understandably so. After all, publication after publication6,13 and lecture after lecture informed us that F.W. Taylor (1856-1915) viewed workers as machine-like. Nothing more…
Henri Fayol and Living the Good Life I continue my story about living the good life. The good life appears to be shrouded in mystery, particularly in the business world.…
Strategy promises to deliver value to all organizational stakeholders and is the means to achieve organizational goals or performance16. However, the persistent strategy implementation failure thwarts this promise 1,2,8. This…
People quest for ‘the good life or well-being1.’ The previous blog2 suggested signposts to realizing living the good life, i.e., living a meaningful life, allowing them to flourish and, thus,…
Since ancient times people have quested for the good life to experience well-being. Thus far, the good life and well-being have evaded them. This state of affairs is evident from…
After obtaining my B Commerce (Marketing Management) from the University of Pretoria, I joined the Department of Trade and Industry, Branch: Board on Tariffs and Trade (now ITAC). Later, I…