Dictionary/encyclopedia definitions
Act. A thing done or being
done: DEED, PERFORMANCE.
[Also task.] In law: an external manifestation of
the
will: something done by a person pursuant to his
volition. [Also choice.] In psychology (1):
a motor
performance leading to a definite result [Also
end-result.] (61 sv)
Administration. As in Business
Administration, Higher
Theory W page 79
Glossary
Education Administration, and Public Administration
undergraduate college and graduate university degree
programs.
Causality. In classical
mechanics causality has been
taken to mean that all the dynamical variables of
a
system can be precisely measured and their evolution
in
time is strictly determined by the forces.
(264 sv)
2b: the regular sequence of events
that the mind
connects from habit, innate disposition, or experience
or
that it correlates on the basis of scientifically
elaborated theory. (61 sv)
Coherence theory. The theory
that the ultimate
criterion of truth is the coherence of all its separate
parts with one another and with experience - contrasted
with CORRESPONDENCE THEORY. (61 sv)
Consanguinity. 3: a close
relation or connection.
(61 sv)
Correlative. 2: reciprocally
related especially so
that each directly implies the existence of the
other.
(61 sv)
Correspondence theory. A
theory holding that truth
consists in agreement between judgements or propositions
and an independently existing reality. (61
sv)
Dialectic. 1: the theory
and practice of weighing and
reconciling juxtaposed, or contradictory arguments
for
the purpose of arriving at truth especially through
discussion and debate, a: in the pre-Socratics (1):
argument by critical examination of logical consequences
(2): sophistic reasoning: ERISTIC, b: in Socrates:
discussion and reasoning by dialog as a method of
intellectual investigation, c: in Plato (1): logical
analysis or division of things into genera and species
(2): the discipline that investigates the eternal
ideas
especially in their relation to the good, the true,
and
the beautiful, d: in Aristotle: a method of arguing
with
probability on any given problem as an art intermediate
between rhetoric and pure demonstration, e: in Stoicism:
formal logic as contrasted with rhetoric and grammar,
2a: in Kantianism: the logic of appearances and
of
illusions dealings with paralogisms, antinomies,
and
transcendential ideas as these arise through logical
fallacies, perceptual errors, or the endeavor to
use the
principles of understanding applicable only within
experience for determination of such transcendental
objects as the soul, the world, and God, b: in
Hegelianism: a logical development progressing from
less
to more comprehensive levels that on its subjective
side
is the passage of thought from a thesis through
an
antithesis to a synthesis that in turn becomes a
thesis
Theory W page 80
Glossary
for further progressions ultimately culminating in
the
absolute idea and on its objective side is an analogous
development in the process of history and the cosmos,
3: in Marxism a: the process of self-development
or
unfolding (as of an action, idea, ideology, movement,
or
institution) through the stages of thesis, antithesis,
and synthesis in accordance with the laws of dialectic
materialism, b: a method that regards change in
nature
and history as taking place in this way, 4: any
systematic reasoning, exposition, or argument especially
in literature that juxtaposes opposed or contradictory
ideas and usually seeks to resolve their conflict:
play
of ideas: cunning or hairsplitting disputation:
argumentative skill, 5: the dialectical tension
or
opposition between two interacting forces or elements.
(61 sv)
Dissertation. 2: an extended
usually systematic oral
or written treatment of a subject: TREATISE,
DISQUISITION: specifically a substantial paper that
is
submitted to the faculty of a university by a candidate
for an advanced degree that is typically based on
independent research and that if acceptable usually
gives
evidence of the candidate's mastery of his own subject
and of scholarly method. (61 sv)
Dissertation Abstracts Online
contains abstracts of
all dissertations accepted for doctoral degrees
by
accredited U.S.educational institutions and more
than 200
institutions outside the United States. (44
21:567:1a)
Effort. 1a: conscious exertion
of physical or mental
power 1b: expenditure of energy toward a particular
end.
(61 sv)
Formal organization. The
hierarchic figure which
displays the chain of command based on
superior-subordinate differentiation.
Function. In mathmatics,
B=F(A), where A is "the
independent variable or the argument of the function
(272 sv), and B is the dependent variable.
The dependent
variable can also be seen as the output where the
independent is the input. "The function F
is regarded as
a mapping by which the element A is related to its
image,
the element B (272 sv)."
Functional. 2: existing
or used to contribute to the
development or maintenance of a larger whole.
(61 sv)
Functional Organization.
Function 11: an organization
unit performing a group of related acts and processes.
Function 1: to have a function, 2: to carry on a
function
or be in action, see Act. Functional 2: existing
or used
to contribute to the development or maintenance
of a
larger whole: having a useful function as, a: designed
or
Theory W page 81
Glossary
developed chiefly form the point of view of use,
b: relating directly to everyday needs and
interests: concerned with application in activity,
6: relating or attempting to demonstrate the relatedness
of any single aspect of culture to the maintenance
of an
integrated sociocultural whole. (61 sv)
Not functionalism.
Functionalism. Term used
in architecture to describe
the belief that the form... should be determined
by
practical considerations such as planning and
structure.... The process of design begins
with an
analysis of the... function and the best technical
means
of meeting it and that aesthetic character, instead
of
being superimposed, emerges as part of the same
process.
The approach to language study
that is concerned with
the functions performed by language, primarily in
terms
of cognition (relating information), expression
(indicating mood), and conation (exerting influence).
In the social sciences, theory
of the relationships of
parts of a society to the whole and of one part
to
another. (272 sv)
Functionality. The quality,
state, or relation of
being functional. (61 sv)
Inane. 2: lacking significance,
meaning, or
profundity. (61 sv)
Interrelated. having a mutual
or reciprocal relation
or parallelism: CORRELATIVE. (61 sv)
Learning. 1a(2): the process
of acquisition and
extinction of modifications in existing knowledge,
skills, habits, or action tendencies in a motivated
organism through experience, practice, or exercise
-
compare MATURATION. (61 sv)
Logic. 1a(1): a science
that deals with the canons
and criteria of validity in thought and demonstration
and
that traditionally comprises the principles of definition
and classification and correct use of terms and
the
principles of correct predication and the principles
of
reasoning: the science of correct reasoning - see
FORMAL
LOGIC, MATERIAL LOGIC. (2): a system of formal
principles of deduction or inference. (61
sv)
Model. 4: structural design:
PATTERN 14a: a
description, a collection of statistical data, or
an
analogy used to help visualize often in a simplified
way
something that cannot be directly observed 14b:
a
theoretical projection in detail of a possible system
of
human relationships: BLUEPRINT. (61 sv)
Operations research - The application
of scientific
methods to the management and administration of
organized
military, governmental, commercial, and industrial
Theory W page 82
Glossary
systems.
The discipline is characterized
by a systems
orientation, the use of interdisciplinary teams
of
researchers, and the adaptation of scientific method
to
the conditions under which research is conducted.
Because laboratory experimentation is inappropriate
to
large systems, for each system under study a
representative model is devised. The two-part
model
consists of an equation in which the appropriate
measure
of system performance is a function of the system's
controlled and uncontrolled variables and of a
formulation of the constraints within which the
controlled variables can be manipulated. A
system model
may be either a physical, graphic, or symbolic
representation. Symbolic models are the most
abstract
representations and frequently reveal similarities
in the
structures of very different systems. These
similiarities allow one system to be used as a model
for
another, such a system is called an analogue.
Models are constructed through
inspection, use of
analogues, operational analysis, and operational
experimentation. The solutions derived from
scientific
testing of models are recommended to the system
manager,
who bears responsibility for their implementation
and
control. (44 8:964:3b)
The Kantian epistemological (or
human knowledge)
problem could centre on such a question as: what
guarantee does the ªknowingþ subject
have that his
"models" of reality reflect reality itself?
Inasmuch as,
in an exclusively theoretical science, the only
contact
that one has with reality is afforded by means of
one's
knowledge, the problem seems to be insoluble.
The development of science from
a theoretical to an
experimental discipline forces philosophy to view
the
epistemological problem in a new way. For
in an
experimental science man is in a twofold contact
with
reality, viz., by his knowledge and by his experimental
praxis. (44 25:579:2a)
Moi. 1: peoples living in
the mountain uplands...
2: ruling chief or soverign. (61 sv)
Motivation. 2: a motivating
force or
influence: DRIVE,INCENTIVE 3: the condition of being
motivated (61 sv). For this paper the contition
of
motivation spends time in action - no matter what
degree
of efficiency.
Organic. 5a(1): forming
an integral element of a
whole: FUNDAMENTAL, INHERENT, VITAL: 5a(2):
involving or
inherent in the basic character or structure:
CONSTITUTIONAL, ORGANIZATIONAL: 5b(1): constituting
a
Theory W page 83
Glossary
whole whose parts are mutually dependent or intrinsically
related: having systematic coordination: ORGANIZED:
5b(2): forming a complex entity in which the whole
is
more than the sum of the individual parts and the
parts
have a life and character deriving from their
participation in the whole. (61 sv)
Organization. 1a: the act
or process of organizing
1b: the formation of fibrous tissue from a clot
or
exudate by invasion of connective tissue cells and
capillaries from adjoining tissues accompanied by
phagocytosis ingestion, isolation or destruction
of
superfluous material and multiplication of connective
tissue cells 1c: the unification and harmonizing
of all
of the elements of a work of art 2: something organized
2a: an organic being or system 2b: a group of people
that
has a more or less constant membership, a body of
officers, a purpose, and usually a set of regulations
3a: a state or manner of being organized: organic
structure: purposive systematic arrangement:
CONSTITUTION: the administrative and functional
structure of an organization including the established
relationships of personnel through lines of authority
and
responsibility with delegated and assigned duties.
(61 sv)
"Industrial relations" or "organizational
relations"
as a subject of study is concerned with the behavior
of
workers in organizations in which they earn a living.
Its theoreticians attempt to explain patterns of
cooperation...
[Taylor]... did recognize
differentiation among
workers, at least insofar as degrees of skill were
concerned. He developed methods for time-and-motion
studies to determine the elements of particular
jobs and
the way in which these elements should be put together
for the greatest efficiency. His approach
focused upon
the individual worker...
The "Hawthorne effect" - an increase
in worker
productivity produced by the psychological stimulus
of
being singled out and made to feel important...
(44 21:945:1a)
Four general conclusions were
drawn from the Hawthorne
studies.... [On is] INFORMAL ORGANIZATION
affects
productivity. Although previous students of
industry had
looked upon workers either as isolated individuals
or as
an undifferentiated mass organized in terms of the
formal
chart of hierarchical positions... (44 29:944:1b)
Each school has two types of social
system, formal and
informal. The formal social system is based
on official
positions, such as "teacher," "administrator," and
Theory W page 84
Glossary
"student," on the status relationships among them,
and on
the interactions of the people who occupy them.
The
status relationships of the formal social system
may be
observed in the administrative organization chart
of the
school. Such a chart diagrammatically describes
the
school's social hierarchy, with administrators assigned
to the boxes at the top, with teachers and students
near
the bottom, and supervisory personnel and "middle
management" between. Lines connecting the
boxes describe
status relationships. A person's position
in this
hierarchy is usually determined by his authority
and
responsibility.
Whereas the formal social structure
is
diagrammatically neat, the informal social system
is a
scramble of relationships that tie people together
within
and across many boxes and lines. It represents
the
ability of people to humanize cold bureaucratic
structures. The informal social system also
represents a
way for people to defend themselves against persons
of
formal power and to develop power of their own.
For the
informal social system does have power. Teachers
who do
not like a program that they feel the administration
has
imposed on them can quietly agree among themselves
to
subvert it. Students who do not like a school
policy can
take measures to force a change. In these
cases the
struggle becomes one between the "establishment"
and the
informal social structure.
The informal social system of
students has
considerable influence on academic achievement
[productivity]. Research suggests that the
students'
informal social system may apply sanctions to support
athletics and social activities and discourage scholastic
achievement. In the informal system the status
of the
brilliant student may thus not be valued, even though
it
is valued in the formal system. (Co.S.B.)
(44 18:104:1b)
Political interest groups - In
Western industrialized
societies... the most prominent interest group
is the
associational (i.e., secondary or factitious) type,
like
the trade union or Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
which is deliberately created to serve defined purposes.
Not all associational groups possess
formal structure.
"Wall Street" in the United States, or the "City"
in
London, though consisting of a loose network of
persons
or functions, may nevertheless exert powerful collective
pressures. (44 25:967:2b)
Organization functionalization.
The application of
Theory W to an organization.
Output. Many times associated
with outside forces.
Philosophy. 1a: a love or pursuit
of wisdom. (61 sv)
Theory W page 85
Glossary
Postulate. to claim as true
and to proposition in
verification of same. (61 sv)
Predicate. 1a: something
that is affirmed or denied
of the subject in a proposition in logic <in
"paper is
white", whiteness is the predicate>. (61 sv)
Rational. 1: having reason
or understanding:
REASONING. (61 sv)
Rationale. 1: an explanation
or exposition of
controlling principles. 2: the underlying
reason:
rational basis: JUSTIFICATION, GROUND. (61
sv)
Reason. 1a: an expression
or statement offered as an
explanation of a belief or assertion or as a
justification as an act or procedure. (61
sv)
Reasoning. 1: the use of
reason; esp.the drawing of
inferences or conclusions through the use of reason
-
compare APPREHENSION. (61 sv)
Related. 1: having relationship:
connected by reason
of an established or discoverable relation, 2: connected
by consanguinity. (61 sv)
Relatedness. 1: the state
or character of being
related. (61 sv)
Relation. 1: the act of
telling or recounting, 3: an
aspect or quality (as resemblance, direction, difference)
that can be predicated only of two or more things
taken
together: something perceived or discovered by observing
or thinking about two or more things at the same
time.
(61 sv)
Reorganization. A reorganization
usually entails
organization changes on a macro scale... In
effect,
reorganization cannot be considered a single,
identifiable technology of organization development,
but
rather it is simply an activity that disturbs the
status
quo of the system. (114 257)
Rigor. 3: a condition that
makes life difficult,
challenging, or uncomfortable; especially: extremity
of
cold [in relationships], strict precision [yet
relative]: EXACTNESS <built upon systems of postulates
by
means of theorms developed with logical rigor -
Joshua
Whatmough>. (61 sv)
Also "attention to detail."
Scholar. 1a: one who attends
a school or studies
under a teacher: PUPIL, STUDENT. 2b: a learned
person;
esp.one who has the attitudes (as curiosity,
perseverance, initiative, originality, integrity)
considered essential for learning. (61 sv)
Scientific method (curiosity) has
given rise to
scholarship. Scholars can be portrayed as continual
students who naturally observe. In a course setting the
teacher/manager witnesses (grades) the student's mind and
curiosity processes. The school wherein the courses are
offered afford a philosophical structure or strategy from
which the teacher/manager draws authority.
Strategy. 2a: a careful plan
or a method... b: the
art of devising or employing plans... toward
a goal.
(61 sv)
Theory W page 86
Glossary
Theory W further defines strategy
as the thought and
documentation process of moving from mission to objectives
and then to the implementation tasks. The process proceeds
from top down rather than bottom up. Top down allegories
leadership. Top down and bottom up must exist in a
democracy. Top down alone simulates autocracy. Bottom
up
alone simulates anarchy.
System. 1a: a complex unity
formed of many often
diverse parts subject to a common purpose 1b: an
aggregation or assemblage of objects joined in regular
interaction or interdependence: a set of units combined
by nature or art to form an integral, organic, or
organized whole: an orderly working totality: a
coherent
unification. (61 sv)
Only chemistry and physics application.
(44 sv)
Test. 1b(1): an act or process
that reveals inherent
qualities, (2): the procedure of submitting an empirical
statement to observational or experimental conditions
designed to either negate or confirm it. (61
sv)
Theory. 2a: a belief, policy,
or procedure proposed
or followed as the basis of action: a principle
or plan
of action 2b: an ideal or hypothetical set of facts,
principles, or circumstances 3a(1): the body of
generalizations and principles developed in association
with practice in a field of activity (as medicine,
music)
and forming its content as an intellectual discipline:
pure as distinguished from applied art or science
3a(2): the coherent set of hypothetical, conceptual,
and
pragmatic principles forming the general frame of
reference for a field of inquiry (as for deducing
principles, formulating hypotheses for testing,
undertaking actions) 3b: abstract knowledge 3c(1):
a
field of intellectual inquiry 3c(2): a systematic
analysis, elucidation, or definition of a concept
- see
COHERENCE THEORY 4: a judgement, conception, proposition,
or formula (as relating to the nature, action, cause,
or
origin of a phenomenon or group of phenomena) formed
by
speculation or deduction or by abstraction and
generalization from facts 4a: a hypothetical entity
or
structure explaining or relating an observed set
of facts
4b: a working hypothesis given probability by
experimental evidence or by factual or conceptual
analysis but not conclusively established or accepted
as
Theory W page 87
Glossary
a law. (61 sv)
Bacon was preoccupied with empirically
observed facts
as the starting point for all science and relied
on
theories only insofar as they were derived from
those
facts. Ideally, he held that the scientist
should
provide an exhaustive enumeration of all of the
examples
of the empirical phenomenon under investigation
as a
preliminary to identifying the natural "form" of
which
they were the manifestation. Though Bacon
remained
unclear about the exact character of the abstraction
involved, he is commonly assumed to have claimed
that
theoretical propositions in science are justified
only if
they have been deduced formally from such an enumeration.
In contrast to such so-called
"Baconian induction,"
Descartes focussed upon the problem of constructing
self-consistent and coherent deductive systems of
theory,
within which argument would proceed with the formal
security familiar in Euclidean geometry. (44
25:663:2b
passim to 676:1b)
Theory W. A unifying organization
structure
encompassing the concepts of strategy, formal and informal
organization, matrix organization, work task networking,
management by objectives, and cost improvement or profit
improvement programs.
Theory W, as a pure functional
structure, provides
organization authority in the form of a precedence worknet
database and weekly individual-worker performance
descriptions.
Theory W models the organization
of individuals in
addition to modeling the functional organization of the
traditional organization of two or more members. The
organization's workers can validly and reliability measure
their weekly performance relative to functional authority.
Each week of worker task performance validates to 168
whole-hours and to the logical authority of why the task
exists. With 168 whole-hours of weekly input, and a
selection of output tasks, the reliability of worker
productivity can be shown as a time series. With validity
and reliability measures, the individual's work confidence
can be directed in support of the organization's purpose,
aim, mission, vision, or pure functional authority.
Treatment. 1a: conduct or
behavior towards another
party, d: the action or manner of dealing with
something... in a specified way, f: preventative
guidance and corrective training, 6: the techniques
or
actions customarily applied in a specific
situation: as...a pattern of actions. (61
sv)
Theory W page 88
Glossary
Thesaurus definitions (202 sv)
Key word Explore Comment
_______________ _______ ______________________________
Advisor is:
counsel yes
informant no
negative connotation
Announce is:
affirm
yes the self as the point of choice
forerun yes
as anticipation [mission] & order
presage yes
as the `see' words
proclaim no
see announce
Authority is:
wizard
wise man
wiley [skilled]
weight
Confer is:
communicate yes
see conceptual definition
consign yes
consult with no
see consulting profession
give
yes data and time
talk over no
managers talk with people
Cognizant is:
sensible yes
Consign is:
allot
no time oriented
commission no
time oriented
commit
no time oriented
transfer no
applies to data
Counsel is:
confer
yes
Diligent is:
painstaking no
time oriented
persevering no
time oriented
industrious no
time oriented
Erudite is:
abstruse no
as in hidden
cultured no
as in refined
educated yes
as in informed
profound no
see wise and learned
Theory W page 89
Glossary
studious yes
see diligent
Erudition is:
intellectualism no see learnedness
learnedness no
see learned
letters no
see essays
literacy no
see literary
reading no
see references
Inform is:
inspire yes
as encourage
report
yes
tell
no see narrate
Instruct is:
advise
yes
inform
yes
order
yes
teach
yes see teacher
Learned is:
erudite yes
wise
yes
Literary is:
book-learned yes with
text and LRC
written yes
notebook and papers
Mentor is:
advisor yes
teacher yes
Order is:
arrange yes
strategy definition
command no
direct
yes manager definition
influence yes
authority definition
pass judgement yes as assign and
award
Organization is:
arrangement yes
association yes
classification no
composition no
establishment no
organism yes
sect
no
structure yes
Theory W page 90
Glossary
Organize is:
arrange yes
classify no
establish no
Prolific is:
abundant
assorted
diverse
extensive
myriad
numerous
plentiful
voluminous
creative
fertile
fruitful
productive
Report is:
announce yes
narrate yes
as review and recount
pass judgement yes as assign and
award
prefer charges no vs encourage
positive choice
present oneself no be there
relate
yes as bringing the word
Sage is:
intellect
luminary no
light analogy
master
no authoritarian
mentor
yes
thinker no
everyone thinks
Scholarship is:
erudition yes
fellowship no
see fellow scholars vs friends
Sensible is:
alive to no
crude analogy
aware
yes PhD course definition
conscious no
senses vs thinking
impressionable no
impressible no
impressive no
perceptive yes
Phd course definition
receptive yes
to decoding of communication
sensitive to yes as
in decoding of communication
sentient no
senses vs thinking
Theory W page 91
Glossary
susceptible yes
as in teachable
susceptive yes
as in teachable
Teachable is:
apt
yes as in adept and proficient
ready
yes implies a checklist
receptive yes
with attendance & participation
responsive yes
with participation
willing yes
as in self as the point of choice
Teacher is:
churchman no
instructor yes
pedant
Wise is:
authoritative no see
manager
knowing yes
see cognizant
sage
yes
sapient
Work - as a noun - is:
action
yes
book
no
business no
labor
no
operation no
product no
writing no
Work - as a verb - is:
accomplish yes
act
yes
be operative yes
busy
no
busy oneself no
cause
yes
cultivate no
effervesce no
exploit no
ferment no
form
no
influence no
labor
no
mix
no
operate no
overwork no
solve
no
use
yes
Theory W page 92
Glossary
Theory W wording
As this dissertation project closed,
the intuitive
search for an extensive structure of w words waned. Some
w-word material found its way out of the dissertation, into
Theory C.
Theory W provides a unifying organization
structure
encompassing the concepts of strategy, functionalism, matrix
organization, work task networking, management by
objectives, and profit improvement programing.
According to Theory W, a set of
w words can be used as
a framework for describing a unique method of structuring a
functional view of an organization in addition to a formal
organization chart view. The functional cast results in
organizational aim clarification linked to the performance
of member tasks. Those tasks explicitly support the
interdependence of an organization's strategy, goals, and
objectives. The tasks of the functional cast regroup into
performance-oriented traditional job descriptions which are
reviewed weekly by the individual worker.
Theory W, as a pure functional
structure, provides
organization authority in the form of a precedence worknet
computer database with weelky updating by the individual
workers as part of their self-performance reviews.
Theory W models the organization
of individuals in
addition to functionally modeling the traditional
Theory W page 93
Glossary
organization of two or more members. The organization's
workers can validly and reliability measure their weekly
performance relative to functional authority. Each week
of
worker task performance validates to 168 whole-hours and to
the logical authority of why the task exists. With 168
whole-hours of weekly input, and a selection of output
tasks, the reliability of worker productivity can be shown
as a time series. With validity and reliability measures,
the individual's work confidence can be directed to support
the organization's purpose, aim, mission, vision, or pure
functional authority.
Other W words
Wain. The I, or expert worker,
upon which Theory W
bases. The wains can be seen as the organization member
carts which wind their way through the ways of actualizing
the why of the organization. A w word sentence describing
any organization would then be, "What I/we want as the which
way to why." According to Webster (61), wain is a large
and
heavy vehicle - an apt description for an expert worker
self.
Wallop. Effectiveness, more
than performance
efficiency, which calculates as output divided by input.
Strategic effectiveness evaluates imply actualized or not -
yes or no versus the expected mission, objective, or task
output (end-result).
Wanting. Driven by the freedom
of goals or driven by
the slavery of fear, i.e., respectively, wants driven by
aims and wanting in terms of being needy.
Wants. Specific definitions
by the individual based
upon their basic human motivational needs of existence,
relatedness, and growth (ERG).
Waretime. As in being aware
of time. A weekly
summary of whole hours can take the place of work orders
between employer and worker.
Theory W page 94
Glossary
Figure 1 - An unformal organization database
____________________________________________________________
Verb Descriptor Noun
Act
________ _____________ ___________ ___
provide easy
method 14
provide degree
recognition 8
provide time-result integration 10
provide communication time
9 -------------------\
provide current job
4 ----------------\ |
move
residence 16 -------------\ | |
write dissertation proposal
15 ----------\ | | |
rest
self 17 -------\ |
| | |
maintain
assets 1 ----\ | |
| | |
provide future
job 5 -\ |
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| | | | | | |
dates 4 m
5 t
and 6 w
7 r
days 8 f
9 a
of 10 u
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11 m
12 t
13 w
14 r
15 f
16 a
17 u
accomplishments:
1)
2)
3)
concerns:
1)
2)
3)
next week's commitment (plan) highlights:
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Note: From Harv's case study.
Theory W page 95
Glossary
Wariness. Being aware.
Warmth. The friendliness
of any system or
organization. Analogous to the warmth of the sun.
But the
tradition of a sun god has changed to a god which travels
with us. In terms of Theory W, the why of the organization
travels with us thus commissioning actualization to the
lives of the organization's members. All members, however,
are not guaranteed the feelings of relatedness and
actualization, although functionalism does commission them.
Warrent. The principle connecting
a conclusion with
its data.
Wanton. See wanting.
Wax. 1a: to increase in size,
numbers, strength,
prosperity, or intensity, c: to grow and develop
as a
person does in maturing, d: to gain in importance
or
power, e: to grow more active or conspicuous; gain
in
vigor, 3: to assume a specified characteristic,
quality,
or state: BECOME.
Way. Specifically, going
all the way to the
organization's aim. The baby strives to walk all the way
across the room. Teens confront different all-the-ways.
Then adult job careers - will they go all the way? And
to
what end?
We. Any combination of you
and me (you-you, me-you,
me-me, etc.). U-U. Pronounced "double U" - you-you
- the
two yous of we.
Weak - as in poem of failure.
Theory W page 96
Glossary
Figure 2 - A poem of failure
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Failure is not clearing this ode from
my memo book fan.
For a period of months from April to Jan.
Failures are simply non-successes which occur in our
life-span.
Failures in advance, we do not see or plan.
Major failures flatten us as if hit by a speeding bus or
loaded van.
Failures in stealing time are of our hand.
Failures bring sadness by blotting out the sun of joy if
it can.
Or at least a sober face of pan.
Failure obliterates Little Toot's, "I think I can! I
think I can!"
Failure turns the spirit pale where once existed a sunny
tan.
Failures are far from the cheery-cheeze smiley faces of man.
Failures are wherever humans are, especially
those with lives ajar
- or out of the sealed tincan.
Failures can linger and grow,
like a smell coming from the non-use of Ban.
Failures tie people in knots so tight so as
to be untied by a high powered psychology man.
If we were hot for life as ready to cook
with a sizzlin' frying pan,
Then tomorrow we can say we had not ran.
Failures are simply not yet success.
And the optimist sees no less.
Of the past he does not fess.
Thus avoids a present mess.
And builds the future of jess.
That's not a position of failure and weakness,
Tis a position of strength, wisdom, and wileness.
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Note: From Harv's case study.
Wealth. As in wealth in
wisdom, or as in wealth in
worth.
Weariness. Some symptoms
and causes of "the blues" as
common as the common cold (4n 1-2) - could not make self
active and became impatient resenting having so little
attention and help; spent most of time by themself observing
frequent arguments; gave little attention repressing guilt;
carelessly withdrew from people due to loneliness and
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Glossary
laziness of spirit; cared no longer from a sense of failure;
retiree became listless, changing personality without the
attention from employees; and incapacitated by a wife he
thought resented being married.
If not managed these moods can
turn to depression
(Menninger in 4n 2), "hazardous to both our physical
and
mental health. Prayer is... seeing things
in manageable
perspective. Learn to go by permanent convictions,
rather than our erratic feelings... (4n 3)
Only right actions can restore right feelings.
(4n 4)
Workers tire from the slavery of
fear.
Weather. The traditional
common ground of
conversation. A incisive question could be, "What do you
think about the weather forecast?"
Web. The accumulation of
several existence, related,
and growth triangles which comprise an individual's
complexity. The web better presents an idiom of the
individual as an organization, having itself as its own
formal organization, and having an informal organization of
one. See Wid.
Wed. A possible, but not
probable lesson exercise -
wed
dew
condensation
completion or close
transition to a building block
stack blocks of organization (strategy)
actualization
Weekly performance review.
The tool of the expert
worker which provides (1) the reinforcement in the authority
of the organization's function, and (2) the initiation
toward the release of concerns or the resolution of
conflict. The weekly review brings member and boss together
in a win-win confrontation. Actual results are perceived
in
a spirit of innovation and renewal.
The expert worker summarizes the
whole-hour daily
activity of the week.
Weight. As in the weight
being the power to continue
growing as in intellectual wandering.
Well-stress. The good stress
associated with positive
motivation for completing or closing worktasks which support
the attainment of the organization's aim.
Who. The individual as their
own organization or as a
member of a larger organization, having assigned worktasks
for completion or closure in support of the organization's
aim. The individual and member has the attributes revealed
by psychological science and be called a self , a soul, and
a spirit deserving of organization tools which challenge the
functionality of the organization toward ever improving
productivity.
Theory W page 98
Glossary
The search for mind. A teacher/manager
of minds is
usually curious about the science of mind. Accompanying
the
television series, Restak (1988) begins his book "The Mind"
as -
Self-understanding is one of humankind's
most ancient
pursuits. Who am I? What is my relationship
to the
world around me? These questions marked the
beginnings
of philosophy. They also inaugurated the search
for
mind, for, at least in this one respect, we are
unique
among all creatures. Only WE are curious about
our
origins, the meaning of our existence, and the nature
of
the inner world that we experience whenever we reflect,
remember, daydream, or dream.
At various times in the past,
the mind has been
equated with the soul or the spirit. But such
terms are
religious or spiritual, rather than philosophical
or
scientific; and self-understanding is difficult
enough
without our presuming to be capable of understanding
the
nature of the divine. (127 xiii)
Wholeness. From the LOCSH
(1991), the subject of
wholeness diverts to any of three topics - perfection, whole
and parts under philosophy [BD396], or whole and parts under
psychology [BF202]. See Vaught (1982). Wholeness
under
Theory W points to what's in the self, the soul, a unity,
things won, or in a win. The divisions of a win, for
example, are the individual's tasks timed by whole hours.
The higher values of the whole are the whys of the
individual's timed tasks.
When wholeness eludes us in its
proper setting - in
dialogue - so vital is it to our lives that we turn
wildly to will, ready to grasp at any illusion of
wholeness, however mindless or grotesque.
Caught in this
illusion, and delirious with well-being, we are
convinced
of the extraordinary keenness and clarity of our
intellect. In point of fact, no state of mind
so
deadens, and injures, our faculties as our belief
in
this illusion of wholeness. The more dependent
a person
becomes on this illusion, the less he is able to
experience true wholeness in dialog, and at the
point
where he is no longer capable of dialog, he can
be said
to be addicted to his will. (266 111)
When human virtue is the opposite
of defect, absence
of defect means presence of virtue. Complete
absence of
all defects means complete virtue, or - perfection.
Virtues which are the absence of defects have very
little
relevance to any knowledge of virtue we may have
that has
come to us, not from psychology, but from other
sources
of information about what is human: history, literature,
philosophy, religion, or our own experience - all
of
Theory W page 99
Glossary
which have not always recognized human imperfectability,
but have constantly warned man against the grave
dangers
of believing himself perfectable. The theories
of
psychoanalysis seem to tempt us to forget, or even
to
ignore, these warnings, offering us a promise and
a plan
for our own perfection. Nevertheless, we must
remind
ourselves that, though imperfect, we may still become
whole. (266 218-9)
Whole hour day-to-day practicality.
The code below
represents a database for a Personal Time Schedule.
Theory W page 100
Glossary
Figure 3 - A whole hour organization database
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date day hour name hrs act
____ ___ ____ __________ ___ _____________________________
d01n w
3 n110
d01n w 200
3 notes on therapy
d01t 1100 bushnell 2
tie learning contract w/ TMT
d02n
3 read on communication
d02n r 1600
4 write Edward's notes
d02t
4 improved TMT in front of TV
d03n
1 112
d03t
3 improved TMT in front of TV
d05n
2 113 114
d06n
2 111
d06n 1100
1 116
d06n 1800
1 111
d07n
2 112 communicator style test
d08n 200
1 48 finished
d08n 1400
1 47
d08n 1800
2 47 48 finished
d09n
2 111
d10l June
write to non-Fielding author
d10l 1300
1 listening and perception
d10n 200
1 114 - listening
d10n 1100
2 114 finished
d10n 1500
2
d11l Theo
write to 60 year author
d12l Cheri
write to "slick" author
d13l Ann
Marie therapy now ?
d13n 200
1 118
d13n 1100
1 118
d14l Fred
seek him out
d15n nan
w/ one cease 5 book renewal blockage
d16l Kattie
still hurting ?
d19l u 1830
1 Innovation half hour on 30
d21l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
d21n
renew 10 books
d28l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
e05l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
e12l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
e19l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
e26l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
e31l
BGSU stack card $6R9911327675
f02l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
f09l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
f16l t 2200
1 Constitution on 30
Theory W page 101
Glossary
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Note: From Harv's case study.
Why. The rudimentary element
of human curiosity and
the basis of Theory W ability to display an organized list
of assigned worktasks which can be called the process of
strategy. Why represents natural learning exemplified in
the activities chosen by the preschool individual.
Why-way of strategy.
Wid. The individual's identification
or id, under
Theory W, becomes wid, in differentiation and intellectual
distance from Freud's concept of id.
Wile. 1: to lure as if by
a magic spell. 1a: a trick
or stratagem intended to ensnare. 1: to lure
by or as if
by a magic spell, 2: to pass or spend pleasurably.
(61 sv)
Wild. Individual, group,
and employer organizations
are complex because they are human. Thus we create
organization structures to "unwild" the interactions of the
individual, the group, and the employer. Administrators
and
managers provide order to organizations. To assist that
order, Theory W presents a purely functional organization
structure for use along with the formal, informal, and
technical structures.
Will (1st). 4a:a mental power
or a disposition or the
sum of mental powers or dispositions manifested
in such
operations as wishing, choosing, desiring, intending
as
(1) Scholasticism... (2) a faculty of the
mind... (4) a
disposition to act according to certain principles
or
conform in conduct and thought to general or ideal
ends... (61 sv)
Will (2nd). 4b:the collective
desire, intention, or
determination of a group or of mankind either when
all
all are agreed or as determined by an interplay
and
elimination of divergent and conflicting wishes...
(61 sv)
See wholeness quote which references
addiction to
will.
Willpower. As in an organization
named Willpower or
Organization Willpower as in Webster's (1968) 4th definition
of the 2nd will.
Winner. Traditional success
wants a winner. And to
win simple involves the choice of life tasks at which we can
win. The winning comes through task completion. The
completion measure being simply, "Yes or no - complete or
not complete." Then upon completion, regardless of the
Theory W page 102
Glossary
school grade or race time achieved, the winner advances to
the next-round task. Upon completion, the winner can say,
"I did the task. I won that one." Remember that each
next
task can be chosen or not chosen by the individual who is
the potential winner. The winner says, "What is the next
task? And why am I doing these sequenced tasks?"
A winner chooses tasks which can
be won. Thus the
winner becomes one - that one good-feeling of wholeness.
The winner can also say, "I have experienced that won [or
one] good-feeling of wholeness and accomplishment." This
series of small completed tasks can be thought of as
self-actualization which can be seen as the Maslow-Dyer
trail of thought. That task-accomplishment
self-actualization is an actualization of one's whole self
into an individual of worth, confidence, and self-esteem.
Therein lies enjoyment for each according to their ability.
Individuals of smaller ability can enjoy their worth (their
life) just as can individuals of greater ability. Both
the
smaller and greater ablebodied individuals have their own
individual chosen way of life - their pathway of
individually chosen next tasks.
Wisdom. 2a(1): accumulated
information: philosophic
or scientific learning: knowledge. (61 sv)
The reasoned choice from referenced sources of valid
and
reliable knowledge. Wisdom associates with rationality.
Wisdom encompasses learning, knowledge, and philosophy.
Withdrawal. Taking a rest
provides an example of a
universal sense of withdrawal. We all rest at times.
And
rest takes time.
Won. Rearranges to Own and
thus ownership of the
wheel of the individual's self-vehicle. Tempered by the
me-we responsibility. Me (my) whole-hours are the road
of
the self-vehicle which travels with other vehicles. Thus
I
use whole-hours - I work whole-hours.
Wondering needs testing?
Word play. Theory W plays
with w words. A few of the
Theory W words ranked hierarchically:
work - only individuals do it, output just doesn't
happen
worker - a self, an individual, a member of an organization
will - the "free will"
- "Will a worker work?"
Their choice!
ways - implies choice of alternatives
why - implies a rational reason for the way
of work tasks
- life paths, groups and
individuals are critical
which - choice of alternatives, assuming choices offered
who - superiors in groups assign tasks, w/workers
choice
- freedom develops alternatives,
offers same
we - unfair when one is surrounded by
imperfect people?
wee - stands for small manageable challenges
Theory W page 103
Glossary
well - physically and mentally healthy individuals
assumed
- Theory W draws organization
for groups & the self
where -
when - time not spent equates to no output actualized
whole hours - measures work 24 hours /day 168 hours per week
want - the individual commits time via choice and
work
with - the universal individual needs shown statistically
worth - now a rational good-feeling work is setup to happen
won - actualization success
wisdom - accumulation of world knowledge - scholarship
wich - as in sandwich, standing for general eating
wondering - propositions leading to plans tested by "war"
world - includes each's authorship of work - 24 hours/day
writing - action, act, task, oriented, any composition class
words - verb, descriptor, noun - object oriented
what - plan, aim, mission, vision
war - control of actual minus plan with ranked
variances
week - unit of war review
wage - actualization satisfaction, long-term good
feelings
Work. What an individual
does 168 hours each week of
their life.
1:activity in which one exerts strength or faculties
to
do or perform 1a:sustained physical or mental effort
valued as it overcomes obstacles and achieves an
objective or result :definition continues for another
13
column inches. (61 sv)
In economics and sociology, the
activities and labour
necessary to the survival of society.
Early factories divided the work
previously done by a
single craftsman into a number of distinct tasks,
each
performed by low-paid unskilled or semiskilled workers
with the assistance of machinery. This new
organization
shortened the time required to produce an item,
lowered
its cost, and often improved its quality.
Workers,
however, who previously had controlled production,
rebelled at the discipline required in such factories,
and it became necessary to install a supervisory
hierarchy for more complex than that required for
pre-industrial management. [training function]
Clerical work in some cases came
to be organized
according to principles similar to those of the
industrial assembly line.
Continuous trends toward specialization
and
professionalization of work gave rise in industrial
nations in the 20th century to a number of disciplines
concerned with various aspects of work, including
personal comfort and motivation of workers, efficiency
of
technology, efficiency of entire systems, productivity,
and the application of science to industry.
Among these
Theory W page 104
Glossary
disciplines, some of whose functions overlap, are
production management, industrial relations, personnel
administration, research and development, human-factors
engineering, operations research, and systems
engineering. [random growth] (44 12:754:1a)
For individuals [work] satisfies
the need to exercise
their faculties and to participate in the collective
work
of society. [Assumption:all work is performed
by
individuals.]
Tasks have been subdivided [into
acts] to increase
productive efficiency. This process, known
as the
division of labour, has led to increasing specialization
of the function of individual workers.
Along with tools, a more complex
brain structure, and
language communication, division of labour may have
been
responsible for starting man's conquest of nature
and
differentiating him from other animal species.
(44 29:935:1a)
New concepts such as product,
project, and free-form
management, meaning specific approaches designed
to meet
the needs of particular portions of large organizations,
are developing.
The organization of work can be
transformed from a
nexus of impersonal relationships based solely or
primarily on material incentives to a new and more
satisfying relationship between managers and workers,
workers and workers, and workers and machines.
(M.Kr.)
(44 12:944:2a)
Work element. The task unit
of work comprised of many
sequenced and parallel actions, yet small enough to provide
insight into the worker's support of the functional
organization's purpose, aim, mission, or vision.
Work life quality. A high-quality
working life is one
that an employee finds interesting, challenging,
and [as
having] responsibility. Increasingly, managers
are
setting out to improve the quality of working life
(QWL).
It is argued that engineers and social scientists
must
co-operate to develop new organizational designs
that
somehow get efficiency and QWL together. (35
705)
"Why bother?" First...is
the increasing desire on the
part of the employees to gain more control over
their
lives at work. Second...is the increasing
economic
pressure being brought to bear upon U.S.employers
by the
international marketplace. (133 681)
Work of art. 2:an act or
thing giving high aesthetic
satisfaction to the beholder or auditor:something
that
has value or gives pleasure apart from its practical
effect or usefulness. (61 sv)
Worker. Under Theory W the
instrument of organization
Theory W page 105
Glossary
actualization becomes the "expert worker."
Worker - a poem (5-06-89).
Figure 4 - A poem of work
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I like work!
Thus I could be viewed as a jerk.
Especially when I seek challenges from the new.
Repeated entrance unto strange turf is practiced only
by a few.
The knowledge gained is what is sought,
In spite of the failure which is also bought.
So with my time I buy good and bad,
And the bad, at times, makes me sad,
But then I think of the glad,
Brought about by the widened knowledge likened to a
pattern of plad.
The patchwork may be unsightly and even revolting to some,
But I value each crum.
Now I must continue my will to write,
To close and share the message beyond the trite.
Thus the ungainly plad transforms to an artful quilt,
Thus from time and logical choice, my life is built.
Enjoyment till death does the part.
And skillfully the horse will continue to precede the cart.
That horse?
It is the inherent worker that I am - of course!
____________________________________________________________
Note: From Harv's case study.
Writer Harv.
Theory W page 106
Glossary
Figure 5 - A poem about writing
____________________________________________________________
Tis March 1989 and I declare myself a writer,
To achieve this state I had to be a fighter.
The PhD route provided many a sporting round,
So that I could flex out of being bound.
There is a saying about a weakling drag,
His fate; to never be able to punch out of a paper bag.
But now I replace many questions with written flow of
thought,
Thus my status has been bought.
Now there is no need to question endlessly,
I only have to pen forever blithfully.
____________________________________________________________
Note: From Harv's case study.
Worknet. A series of tasks,
not necessarily timed,
that flow to project completion, or support an
organization's aim mission of vision. Project versions
of a
worknet are
the Gandt chart,
the PERT chart,
the decision tree,
the work flow chart, and
the precedence network.
The last item applicable to the organization of the strategy
process, and former items coming from the discipline of
project engineering.
World. In all knowledge
there exists a general aura
of wisdom. A specific perspective on knowledge can be seen
as the writing which comes from research and argument.
Worth. The confidence which
comes from the functional
support of an organization. Worth is valid/reliable?
V-V.
Double your value - that's Theory W. The value of
functional organization power. Value + validity = worth,
as
in the work task being worth my whole hours.
Worthiness. Power and control
over a win-win way of
life. For example, workers innovate efficiency almost by
their nature of being human.
Wrinkles. Work improvement
implementations which make
the organization's work easier - that encompasses cost
reduction and profit improvement programs.
Theory W page 107
Glossary
Writing. Aims at clarity
of complex communication,
especially a form which adheres to scholastic principles of
research and rationale. All writings can be seen to need
appropriate titles, organization, and references.
Wrong premises? Also the
idea of insufficient
alternatives.
Wrung out. See weariness.
Abbreviations
PERT - program evaluation review
technique
sv - by the alphabet
TMT - time management by
task
Key research words
Functionalism was bypassed initially
until the
realization that the connection to organization was not yet
developed.
Term
Source for further discourse
______________________________ ____________________________
functional organization
organization
114
organization(al) change
organization charter [mission] 114
organization, functional
Delimited key words. Key words
which have been placed
outside the rigorous Theory W boundaries. The
outside-the-Theory-W-boundary key words appear in the
dissertation as a delimiting exercise.
Term
Source for further discourse
___________________ _____________________________
desire
9, 48
want
9, 48
functionalists
114
job enrichment
114
open systems
114
organization health
113
