Presents some millennial thoughts on the appropriateness of the nature of work and organizational life in a future we can only sense rather than predict. It seems that it is of critical importance to question the core paradigms with which organizations and society currently identify. On this assumption, organizations will have to experience paradigm shifts that encourage them to view themselves as part of an interconnected, social and ecological network and take these aspects into account in the strategic management process. In order to achieve this, they will need to develop a clear, inter‐generational world view of corporate and social responsibility and accountability in terms of understanding, applying and controlling progress and its associated risks. Concludes that we can no longer make assumptions about the future or manipulate infinity; a sustainable reality will essentially be dependent on how responsibly we interpret and implement progress in the strategic management process.
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December 01 1995
Infinity goes on trial: the imperatives for a sustainable reality Available to Purchase
Penny West
Penny West
Lecturer in Organization and Management Studies at Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk,UK.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1472-5347
Print ISSN: 0143-7739
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1995
Leadership & Organization Development Journal (1995) 16 (8): 10–16.
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West P (1995), "Infinity goes on trial: the imperatives for a sustainable reality". Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 16 No. 8 pp. 10–16, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739510097987
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