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Chapter 11 - Individual case studies
Author's own case study
A church experience
Functional bible summary
Other individual organizations
Master of our own time?
Self- vs member- evaluation
Dynamic provision
Review. The Theory W pure
functional organization
structure has a three-sided pyramid context, a scientific
interpretation of strategy, and a functional authority for
optimizing organization performance as productivity.
Summary. If organizations
are to be understood, their
structure must be described. Thus Theory W provides the
chapter 10 workweb form of documentation and proceeds in
this chapter with application of its unique methodology to
individuals as organizations.
Thus far in this paper, discussion
has flowed from
organization theories (part 1), to the development of Theory
W (part 2), then on to the expert worker (part 3). Here
we
look at the pure functional organization of several
individuals - each as their own organization. The
individual organization under Theory W separates from the
employing organization.
Next. Move on to part 4
of Theory W - multiple member
organizations.
Author's own case study
In late July 1993 Harv returned
to writing his
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dissertation. His prior dissertation-life-phase was the
period from May through November 1991. What happened in
the
meantime? Why did Harv not finish his dissertation?
What
has caused Harv to return to the dissertation process?
In short, let the answer be relatedness.
Not that
Harv's current Patricia causes the return. Rather that
Harv
has acquired a degree of relatedness which supports his
future growth.
Back at Wesley College, Harv taught
the functional
organization structure through the visualization of a train
or series of tasks. The series of tasks were on a computer
listing and if each task were scissored apart they could be
linked right and left so that the parallel with a time line
idea could be appreciated.
To access the Wesley information
his files must be in
order. Here organization again arises. For progressive
growth in his dissertation and in life, Harv has to be
visibly organized. Thus new-page progress rests in place
while Harv attempts to access his library of personal
holdings. A "time delay" yes, yet necessary for growth.
That's the human hierarchy of needs. Harv documents these
"time delays" in his weekly time log and reports to his
formal organization - his own self.
In the spirit of implementing
his own Theory W, he
begins by reconciling the do-as-I-say with the do-as-I-do.
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Each individual's tasks, however, must be self-tailored.
In the following application the tasks
of body and mind
maintenance and low-intensity relationship togetherness105
are considered as input or support for the other output
tasks. Thus these tasks could be labeled non-productive
and
subject to reduction.
Getting along with less sleep may be
appealing to
many, however reducing the amount of low-intensity
relatedness may require much explanation to a spouse or
significant other. Thus the application of science receives
a very basic test, "Do we want to measure our time?"
Seemingly, most do not. But if we desire to account for
our
life time and integrate the measure to explicit expression
of self-evaluation against a functional
strategy, Theory W offers a model.
____________________
105 Evolvement of Harv's performance
measurement
recognized that the low-intensity task was also needed for
balanced productivity. Thus only the sleep and nap task
calculates as non-productive. Yet even more sleep becomes
necessary at times. Therefore a lower productivity some
weeks can be the best balanced choice.
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Table 94a - Task hours and effectiveness
____________________________________________________________
Hours for
Task description
weeks ago
_________________________ _____________
Action verb Noun object 1
2 3
___________ _____________ ___ ___ ___
maintain body/mind
68 75 87
encourage relationship 44
38 25
get job
19 13 2
write dissertation
18 26 35
maintain assets
12 6 1
pursue exercise
7 8 18
facilitate students
2
measure lifetime
168 168 168 24 hrs for 7 days
measure effectiveness 33%
33% 33%
HISTORY
Fourth, second, first quarter 1990 33%
34% 38%
Third quarters of 1990 and 1989
24% 20%
____________________________________________________________
Note: Weeks 9050, 9051, 9052.
The weeks shown are the last three
of 1990.
Interestingly, productivity or effectiveness in the table,
was stable at 33%. The fluctuations week-to-week and over
the quarters correspond to major changes in life tasks.
Since 1990, the Encourage Relationship life task has been
included in the effectiveness percentage.
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Table 94b - Task hours and effectiveness
___________________________________________________________
Hours for
Task description
weeks ago
_________________________ _____________
Action verb Noun object 1
2 3
___________ _____________ ___ ___ ___
DREAM bodyMIND
68 68 58
AMBIENCE assetsME
35 24 23
pursue PHYSICAL
22 17 20
write Theory W
21 2 4
ENTHUSE selvesWE
16 17 17
pursue ARTdance
4 13 15
serve workJob
2 3
visit TRAVEL
24 26
y hlo warm
PARENT child
5
y hlo lift
measure LIFETIME
168 168 168 24 hrs for 7 days
measure PRODUCTION
60% 60% 65%
History
1991 weeks 32, 39, 34 & 33 55% 48%
42%
1991 3rd & 1990 1st quarters
38%
1990 & 1989 third quarters
24% 20%
___________________________________________________________
Note: Strategic task organization shown in another table.
From this life tasks summary,
the strategy of one's
life organization can be developed in tabular or graphic
form. The latter having definite limitations.
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Table 95a - Strategy in ranked order
__________________________________________________________
Task description
Act ______________________________________
Following
number
act number
(way) Action verb Descriptor Noun object
(why)
______ ___________ ___________ ____________
______
0 better
future life
2
1 achieve
eternal life
0
2 enjoy
whole life
1
21 balance effective
activity 2
4 measure
personal effective%
21
3 total
life time
4
30 maintain personal
assets 21
35 read
non-move job
21
37 pursue
enjoyable exercise
21
32 cite
effective relations
21
36 answer
chronicle market
0
27 publish facilitation
article 36
26 write
TheoryW dissertation 27
22 improve systematic
literacy 26
23 develop objective
jobexit 36
24 serve
rtn/bm/att committees 23
25 write
Benedictine syllabi
23
28 prep
lessons 23
29 facilitate in-class
learning 23
31 facilitate out-class
learning 23
33 supervise KAS58
workstudys 23
__________________________________________________________
Note: Organization effectiveness aims through to task 0.
Any whole life strives to actualize good psychological
feelings. Another table portrays the time-line flow of
these self-organization tasks.
Is the above or the following
more difficult to read?
Both have their advantages.
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Table 95b - Strategy in numeric order
__________________________________________________________
Task description
Act ______________________________________
Following
number
act number
(way) Action verb Descriptor Noun object
(why)
______ ___________ ___________ ____________
______
0 better
future life
2
1 achieve
eternal life
0
2 enjoy
whole life
1
3 total
life time
4
4 measure
personal effective%
21
21 balance effective
activity 2
22 improve systematic
literacy 26
23 develop objective
jobexit 36
24 serve
rtn/bm/att committees 23
25 write
Benedictine syllabi
23
26 write
TheoryW dissertation 27
27 publish facilitation
article 36
28 prep
lessons 23
29 facilitate in-class
learning 23
30 maintain personal
assets 21
31 facilitate out-class
learning 23
32 cite
effective relations
21
33 supervise KAS58
workstudys 23
35 read
non-move job
21
36 answer
chronicle market
0
37 pursue
enjoyable exercise
21
__________________________________________________________
Note: Organization effectiveness aims through to task 0.
Any whole life strives to actualize good psychological
feelings. Another table portrays the time-line flow of
these self-organization tasks.
If the strategy structure is kept
simple, the
graphical version can be shown.
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Figure 61 - Individual's life-work flow
_________________________________________________________
Numbers represent the prior table work tasks.
30
32 - \
WHY ---->
35 - - \
\
37 - - - 21 - 2 - 1 - - - - -
0 - 2
/
/
3 - 4
/
/
22 - - - 26 - 27 -
36
/
24 - - - - 23
/
25 - - - /
28 - - /
29 - /
31 /
<---- WAY
33
_________________________________________________________
Note: Other tables show workflow in database form and a
whole hour work summary by task. (Above consistent with
decision tree and time-line nomenclature. Above opposite
PERT/CPM and HOW/WHY nomenclature.)
Integration of dissertation worknet.
This
dissertation has an organized structure - the figure which
began part 3 now becomes subject to the Theory W worknet
form, and subject to integration with time management and
strategy structure views.
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Table 96a - Dissertation tasks
____________________________________________________________
attain
good
feelings
actualize balanced growth
provide good
eustress
challenge self
others
relate cooperative individuals
spend timed
encouragement
respect individual business
maintain self
existence
author phd
dissertation
quantify administration strategy
document individual experience
document education experience
document business
experience
provide 3-sided
pyramid
identify 24 hour daily work
formulate Theory W hypothesis
illuminate organization propositions
document scholarly process
clarify theory
construction
identify organization theories
research organization structures
delimit wisdom
key words
style electronic
writing
research writing
wisdom
____________________________________________________________
Note: Based on the part 2 dissertation structure review.
The above project can now be integrated
with the time
tracking detail which follows.
Table 96b - Time tracking
____________________________________________________________
WAY Verb Descriptor Noun
WHY U_M_T_W_R_F_A_ w49
___ _________ __________ __________ ___ ______________ ___
21 DREAM effective bodyMIND
37 9 109
68
37 pursue enjoyable PHYSICAL
30 3 3
22
30 AMBIENCE selfEtAl assetsME
32 7 7 2
35
32 ENTHUSE others' selvesWE
22 1 5
16
22 pursue current ARTdance
26
4
26 write SCHOLAR
Theory W 35 4 2 1
21
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
35 serve EXPANDed workJob
30
2
04 measure total
LIFETIME 03 24242424242424 168
03 measure personal PRODUCTION
30 1514 161616 60
37 achieve longlife LBs PILLs
020101 202
04 CLEAR week50
CONCERNS 10M_12W_14F_16
26 WRITE daily
pages
*
32 call 5-5:30
chris
*
37 BIKEwalk myJoy contemplat
*
30 probe honda
cruise
*
30 probe honda
wiper
*
26 PRINT weekly
pages
*
22 commune BRIDGE code
*
22 play crosswords KEYBOARD
*
04 CLEAR week51
CONCERNS 17M_19W_21F_23
32 gene may
football *
32 visit chris
TRAVEL 32 * *
24
32 PARENT chris
child 32
* *
04 CLEAR week52
CONCERNS 24M_26W_28F_30
04 CLEAR week01
CONCERNS 31M_02W_04F_06
26 report 951112.ku tome
*
32 PARENT chris
child
* * * *
04 CLEAR week02
CONCERNS 07M_09W_11F_13
32 PARENT chris
child *
32 visit chris
TRAVEL * *
30 restore umkc
TEETH
*
04 CLEAR week03
CONCERNS 14M_16W_18F_20
04 CLEAR week04
CONCERNS 21M_23W_25F_27
32 SERVICE church socials
*
32 85 010396
mom
30 aaa 3/96
towing
32 85 05
96 mom'sDay
32 31 062396
64 sue
32 8 062596
lisa
32 33 070996
62 lisa
30 license 083196 honda
32 27 101496
69 chris
32 49 102996
carol
30 visa 9/97
debit
32 renew 120198
license
35 renew 07/2003
aarp
22 study BRIDGE
code
22 continue MINDed selfSPIRIT
26 library PAPERS.w boxes
30 mind myOWN
acts
30 work furniture ASSETS
30 update HONDA
rust
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
30 coop in/out
CHALLENGE
32 attain HIdomestic PARTNER
32 id SOCIAL
MARKET
32 solidify HOME
base
32 CHURCH good
feelings
32 FACE spirited
world
32 meet myCHOICE
freedom
32 coop QUALITY
functions
32 COOP extended
family
35 moveto TROPICS location
35 WRITE peer
article
35 have ETERNAL
life
35 send JOBhunt
materials
37 watch good
SOFTBALL
____________________________________________________________
Note: Week 50 of 1995.
The resulting merging results
in some housekeeping
observations - facilitated by the numerical order database
presentation. Comments follow. Note well that the
relegated detail does not have a why identification.
Table 96c - Timing, dissertation & strategy tasks
____________________________________________________________
WAY Verb Descriptor Noun
WHY Comment
___ _________ __________ __________ ___ __________________
0 better future
life 2
1 achieve eternal life
0
2 enjoy whole
life 1
3 total life
time 4 old scenario
03 measure personal PRODUCTION
30 1514 161616 60
4 measure personal effective%
21 old scenario
04 measure total
LIFETIME 03 24242424242424 168
04 CLEAR week50
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week51
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week52
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week01
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week02
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week03
CONCERNS detail
04 CLEAR week04
CONCERNS detail
05 attain good
feelings 02
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
06 actualize balanced growth
05
07 provide good
eustress 05
08 challenge self others
06
09 relate cooperate individual
06
10 spend timed
encouragem 08
11 respect individual business
08
12 maintain self
existence 10
13 author phd
dissertate 13
14 quantify admin strategy
06
15 document individual experience 14
16 document education experience 14
17 document business experience 14
18 provide 3-sided pyramid
14
19 identify 24 hr day work
10
21 balance effective activity
2 old scenario
21 DREAM effective bodyMIND
37 9 109
68
22 improve systematic literacy
26 old scenario
22 pursue current ARTdance
26
4
22 commune BRIDGE code
detail
22 play crosswords KEYBOARD
detail
22 study BRIDGE
code detail
22 continue MINDed selfSPIRIT
detail
22 style electronic writing
detail
22 research writing wisdom
detail
23 develop objective jobexit
36
24 serve rtn/bm/att committees
23
25 write benedict syllabi
23
26 write theoryw
dissertate 27 old scenario
26 write SCHOLAR
Theory W 35 4 2 1
21
26 WRITE daily
pages detail
26 PRINT weekly
pages detail
26 report 951112.ku tome
detail
26 library PAPERS.w boxes
detail
26 formulate Theory W hypothesis
detail
26 luminate organ proposites
detail
26 document scholarly process
detail
26 clarify theory constructs
detail
26 identify organ theories
detail
26 research organ structures
detail
26 delimit wisdom key
words detail
27 publish facilitate article
36
28 prep benedict
lessons 23
29 facility in-class learning
23
30 maintain personal assets
21 old scenario
30 AMBIENCE selfEtAl assetsME
32 7 7 2
35
30 probe honda
cruise detail
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
30 probe honda
wipers detail
30 restore umkc
TEETH detail
30 aaa 3/96
towing detail
30 license 083196 honda
detail
30 visa 9/97
debit detail
30 mind myOWN
acts detail
30 work furniture ASSETS
detail
30 update HONDA
rust detail
30 coop in/out
CHALLENGE detail
31 facility out-class learning
23
32 cite effective relations
21 old scenario
32 ENTHUSE others' selvesWE
22 1 5
16
32 call 5-5:30
chris detail
32 gene may
football detail
32 visit chris
TRAVEL 32 detail
32 PARENT chris
child 32 detail
32 PARENT chris
child detail
32 PARENT chris
child detail
32 visit chris
TRAVEL detail
32 SERVICE church socials
detail
32 85 010396
mom detail
32 85 05
96 mom'sDay
detail
32 31 062396
64 sue
detail
32 8 062596
lisa detail
32 33 070996
62 lisa
detail
32 27 101496
69 chris detail
32 49 102996
carol detail
32 renew 120198
license detail
32 attain HIdomestic PARTNER
detail
32 id SOCIAL
MARKET detail
32 solidify HOME
base detail
32 CHURCH good
feelings detail
32 FACE spirited
world detail
32 meet myCHOICE
freedom detail
32 coop QUALITY
functions detail
32 COOP extended
family detail
33 supervise KAS58 workstudys
23
35 read non-move
job 21 old scenario
35 serve EXPANDed workJob
30
2
35 renew 07/2003
aarp detail
35 moveto TROPICS location
detail
35 WRITE peer
article detail
35 have ETERNAL
life detail
35 send JOBhunt
materials detail
36 answer chronicle market
0
37 pursue enjoyable exercise
21 old scenario
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
37 pursue enjoyable PHYSICAL
30 3 3
22
37 achieve longlife LBs PILLs
detail
37 BIKEwalk myJoy contemplat
detail
37 watch good
SOFTBALL detail
____________________________________________________________
Note: As of 9550.
An attempt at a graphical presentation
based directly
on the above proved problematic, both in technique and
substance. Logic questions arose. An interim step
assisted
the presentation of a more understandable database list.
Numerical order changed from a
straightforward way
sort, to a logic flow sort - each way having a specific why.
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Table 97 - Indent structure
____________________________________________________________
WAY Verb
Descriptor Noun WHY
FUNCTIONAL
TOP AUTHORITY
00 better
future life
02
01 achieve eternal
life 00
EXAMPLE OF INDENTED FLOW
1 >---way1aboveFeedsWay0--> 0
2 >--way2belowFeedsWay1above-> 1
02 enjoy
whole life
01
05 attain good
feelings 02
06 actualize balanced growth
05
07 provide good
eustress 05
08 challenge self
others 06
09 relate cooperate individual
06
10 spend timed
encouragem 08
11 respect individual business
08
12 maintain self
existence 10
19 identify 24 hr day work
10
14 quantify admin
strategy 06
13 author phd
dissertate 14
15 document individual experience 14
16 document education experience 14
17 document business experience 14
18 provide 3-sided pyramid
14
35 serve
EXPANDed workJob 02
26 write
SCHOLAR Theory W 35
22 pursue current
ARTdance 26
32 ENTHUSE others'
selvesWE 22
30 AMBIENCE selfEtAl assetsME
32
37 pursue enjoyable PHYSICAL
30
21 DREAM effective bodyMIND
37
03 measure personal PRODUCTION
30
04 measure total
LIFETIME 03
36 answer chronicle market
35
27 publish facilitate article
36
23 develop objective jobexit
36
24 serve rtn/bm/att committees
23
25 write benedict syllabi
23
28 prep benedict
lessons 23
29 facility in-class learning
23
31 facility out-class learning
23
33 supervise KAS58 workstudys
23
____________________________________________________________
Note: As of 9550.
Problematic logic flow was more
readily resolved with
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the above format, sorting the items rather than attempting a
non-structured graphical solution. The following graph
could then be more easily drawn.
Theory W advocates the elimination
of such a graphical
presentation. They are time consuming, need other tools
to
solve logic problems, and are apt to become mired.
Figure 62 - Non-detail-old structure
_________________________________________________________
Numbers represent the prior table work tasks.
19 09
02 - 01 - 00 - 02
\ \
/ |
12 - 10 - 08 - 06 - 05 |
/ / / |
11 / 07
|
13 - 14
|
15 - /
| WHY ---->
16 - /
|
17 - /
|
18
|
|
21 - 37
|
\
/
04 - 03 - 30 - 32 - 22 - 26 - 35
/
27 - 36
/
24 - 23
25 - /
28 - /
29 - /
31 - /
<---- WAY
33
_________________________________________________________
Note: Hopefully, with understanding, this graphical form
would be unnecessary. The indent version and the basic
numerical sort could serve the purpose of communicating
functional authority.
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A church experience
A new experience one weekend -
a new church
attended.106 On second thought, the church was not new,
for their Welcome brochure witnessed their organization from
25 June 1855. Yet the experience was new to the individual
organization.
What insight into the current FBC
organization can
Theory W provide? The source of insight is the FBC Welcome
brochure.
The brochure front cover singularily
announces the
function, "dedicated to christian service." This function
changes to the more specific phrase of "serve christian
enterprise," as referenced in the more detailed section of
the Welcome brochure. The perusal of the brochure
continues.
Looking at the back cover, entitled
Total Church
Program, there are seven activities. In ranked order, those
activities are -
the church at worship,
the church at study,
music,
ministry to campus students,
church in fellowship,
other activities, and
wider activities.
____________________
106 First baptist church [FBC]
(1994) Welcome!
Lawrence KS: An american baptist church. Pastor Dr.R.Dean
Dixon. Worship of Sunday 21 August 1994.
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The functional purposes of those
activities are not
entirely clear from the listing. Yet a personalized list
can be constructed.
Table 98 - FBC tasks
____________________________________________________________
Verb Descriptor
Noun
__________ ______________ _____________
worship
study
music
minister campus
students
fellowship
____________________________________________________________
Source: FBC welcome brochure referenced above.
FBC formal organization. Turning
to the brochure's
inside, the staff is introduced - Dr.Dean, Rev.Sandra, Music
director Mark, Organist Dina, Secretary Penny, and Custodian
Dixie. Of possible interest, the Reverend's title being
Associate Pastor of Leadership Development. This represents
the formal organization chart of the FBC organization.
FBC worknet construction. Four
pages comprise the FBC
welcome brochure, three of which have been described above.
The final right side inside page, under the pastor's
signature, provides the phrases for what Theory W calls the
functional organization - of which the why-way structure
comprises an introduction.
A why-way organizational structure
builds an
arrangeable listing of what-activity statements. Each
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activity statement consists of an action verb, a descriptor,
and a noun object.
Thus the FBC pastor, using the
brochure and
what-activity statements from its narrative, provides the
following FBC church activities in the order of their
introduction. Several words have been changed as
parenthetically noted below.
extend family invitation [pastor presents family interest]
share family worship
[pastor presents family worship]
witness ministry work
serve christian enterprise
attempt friendly congregation
attempt caring congregation
offer wide ministry
reach community people
meet human needs
offer service opportunities
determine member interest
determine member ability
(ability = spiritual gift)
nurture believer fellowship107 (fellowship
= Jesus' love)
power holy spirit
live love expression
recognize previous baptism
receive monthly communion (comm.= Jesus' supper
elements)
invite faith confession
invite member transfer (tran.includes affiliate membership)
The task list now grows.
____________________
107 Nurture Believer Fellowship
is identified as
"Our Mission."
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Table 99 - FBC tasks
____________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Who Comment
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ ___ ________
01 worship
02 study
03
music
04 minister campus
students
05
fellowship
06 extend family
invitation
07 share family
worship
08 witness ministry
work
09 serve christian
enterprise
10 attempt friendly
congregation
11 attempt caring
congregation
12 offer wide
ministry
13 reach community
people
14 meet human
needs
15 offer service
opportunities
16 determine member
interest
17 determine member
ability
18 nurture believer
fellowship
19 power holy
spirit
20 live love
expression
21 recognize previous
baptism
22 receive monthly
communion
23 invite faith
confession
24 invite member
transfer
____________________________________________________________
Source: FBC welcome brochure referenced above.
An organization of this type provides
the opportunity
for a loving individual to extend their family - a condition
that perhaps cannot be shopped for, but rather implies being
invited. In the job organization context, there must be
shopping in terms of exposure to the marketplace, yet the
turning point comes at the point of invitation for the
interview. So too with an invitation to attend this church
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service - chosen exposure to the market and then an
invitation to attend. Proceeding with the FBC functional
organization - refinement and structure.
Table 100 - FBC tasks structured
____________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Who Comment
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ ___ ________
19 power holy
spirit 14 hlo
02 study
19 hlo
14 meet human
needs 19 hlo
20 live love
expression 14 hlo
09 serve christian
enterprise 20 hlo
10 attempt friendly
congregation 09 hlo
11 attempt caring
congregation 09 hlo
08 witness ministry
work 11 hlo
04 minister campus
students hlo detail
07 share family
worship 08 hlo
06 extend family
invitation hlo detail
01 worship
detail
03
music
detail
13 reach community
people 14 hlo
15 fill service
opportunities 13 hlo
12 offer wide
ministry hlo detail
16 determine member
interest 15 hlo
17 determine member
ability 15 hlo
05
fellowship
cursory
18 nurture believer
fellowship hlo
21 recognize previous
baptism 18 hlo
22 receive monthly
communion 18 hlo
23 invite faith
confession 18 hlo
24 invite member
transfer 18 hlo
____________________________________________________________
Source: Prior table.
The above functional analysis
of the FBC organization
provides a beginning toward a life-time expenditure
altogether description (LEAD). The term "life-time
expenditure altogether description" attempts to put a
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generic handle on the term job-description which exists in
many businesses and educational organizations. Perhaps
narrative LEADs also exist in the FBC organization. But
are
they scientifically linked to the FBC mission? Answer -
Theory W provides a practical and scientific way to link
member time expenditures to the mission of the organization.
Benefit? Answer - Better organization and member
productivity. For the individual member, their productivity
comes from more output with the organization than input into
the organization's added activities.
The excess of individual output
over input can be seen
as growth. A type of growth that most likely leads to good
feelings. Turning to scientific psychology, growth can
be
seen to be one of the basic human needs. According to
Maslow and Alderfer, the basic human needs are existence,
relatedness, and growth. These needs lead back to the FBC
activity list where the function of Meet Human Needs exists.
But where does the Meet Needs FBC function fit on their
organization hierarchy?
Restating the activity list with
the mission on top,
we begin to structure a hierarchy of functional
activity.108 Activity or act numbers are added, and
scientific task linking accomplished by using precedent
network principles. For example, one serves christian
enterprise to live the love expression, and then one loves
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in order to power the holy spirit which resides within that
one individual.
Three of the organization functions
have "jumped
ahead" of the stated FBC mission. The rational argument
for
not having the FBC stated mission "on top" is that FBC has
no monopoly on supporting the functions of holy spirit
empowerment, living love expression, and serving the
christian enterprise. Sub-argument number one is that any
corporate church serves the Holy Spirit God which is within
each individual. Sub-argument number two is that Jesus
instigated a common church, away from the then current
corporate church - the common church members met in their
own homes until corporate churches were created to assist
the empowerment of the individual's wholly spirit.
Sub-argument number three is that the corporate church
enterprise can be seen to be an end in itself, crucifying,
or stated more mildly, sacrificing members for the good of
the enterprise in general, and specifically for the good of
those wiser in the understanding of their individual wholly
____________________
108 In an attempt to ease the physical
and mental
vision of structuring, the descriptor was temporarily
eliminated. A "train" of tasks from left to right was to
be
used to order or structure the list of tasks, but with
descriptor eliminated, accuracy was compromised. For
example, the task to serve enterprise becomes very different
from the task to serve christian enterprise. Thus a one
task at a time ranking procedure was used.
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spirit, love expression, and individual enterprise. This
sub-argument three would subserviate spirit empowerment and
love expression "under" the service of christian enterprise.
Does Jesus' wisdom have something to say to the individual
about this?
The FBC expert worker. From the
bible, one can come
to witness Jesus' love of the individual spirit - among many
other points of focus for living life. Self-proclaimed
corporate churches in the name of Jesus, Christ, or Lord,
can be seen as consciously, mistakenly, or subconsciously
subverting the individual spirit to which Jesus pointed.
The bible may be seen as shedding insight into this spirit
which Jesus may have attempted to reinvent - that individual
wholly spirit, as in the premise that God the Holy Spirit is
within every human individual. Some identify with that
unique condition of the individual, others do not. Many
refer to that unique condition as their soul or special
imprint "given by God."
With the specialness of the individual
established,
Theory W stamps that condition as being that of an expert
worker. In the case of the individual's own organization,
with human need fulfillment and good feelings experience
being the "top" function of each individual, their needs and
feelings must have priority so that the organizations which
use their membership can attain maximum benefit. What then,
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is this internal spirit which optimizes individual
performance?
The word spirit can be seen as
a biblical term, or in
other words, a term used in the communication of historical
wisdom. Bible exploration, as a several thousand year
survivor of human use, can seem to be tangential, or in an
extreme view, non-scientific. Yet, just because wisdom
predates science, a connection should not be discounted and
discarded as a matter of "fact." Thus Theory W, within
this
FBC case, pulls in a study of the biblical word spirit,
hoping to tie wisdom into the functional organization of
religious enterprise, and the functional organization of the
individual.
Using the FBC worknet. Would the
individual of this
new experience, join the FBC organization? Answers - If
the
worship, study, music, ministry, or fellowship instills a
feeling of rejoicing or joy, "Yes." If this individual
had
a soul mate which chose FBC membership, "Yes," in the name
of close fellowship. If this individual would make a
singular decision based on singularly chosen
life-activities, "No."
The continuum between "Yes," and
"No," can be
evidenced by the independence of an individual, a couple, or
a family - or by how dependent they are. Psychological
dependence brings bad feelings, while sharing independence
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with commitment brings good feelings.
An example of independence can
be seen as the choice
between rejoicing at FBC Worship versus providing example
and tutoring to American Indian youth at Independence
Methodist Church - because the individual choosing between
these two activities most needs contact with youth to
fulfill family relatedness needs.
This particular experience of
FBC Worship was said to
be rejoicement per the introduction provided by the
Associate Pastor. Then throughout the service, the
religious idea of the Trinity God was apparent - examples
are "three in one" in the Anthem of "Come take the body,"
and "praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in the Doxology
hymn number 611. The themes of rejoice, rejoy, and joy
fit
nicely with expert worker rankings. Also, the progression
of being fathered, having sacrificed, and going on to a
wholly spirit fits nicely with the table of expert worker
rankings.
The FBC tasks can be integrated
into the expert worker
job description or LEAD.
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Table 101 - FBC tasks integrated
____________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Who Comment
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ ___ ________
WAY Verb
Descriptor Noun WHY
00 better
future life
02
01 achieve eternal
life 00
02 enjoy
whole life
01
05 attain good
feelings 02
06 actualize balanced growth
05
07 provide good
eustress 05
08 challenge self
others 06
08 study
08 serve christian
enterprise
08 attempt friendly congregation
08 attempt caring
congregation
08 witness ministry work
08 minister campus
students
08 share family
worship
08 extend family
invitation
08 worship
08 reach community
people
08 fill service
opportunit
08 offer wide
ministry
08 determine member interest
08 determine member ability
08
fellowship
08 nurture believer
fellowship
08 recognize previous baptiSave
08 receive monthly
communion
08 invite faith
confession
08 invite member
transfer
09 relate cooperate individual
06
10 spend timed
encouragem
10 power wholy
spirit 08
10 meet human
needs
10 live love
expression
10
music
11 respect individual business
08
12 maintain self
existence 10
19 identify 24 hr day work
10
14 quantify admin
strategy 06
13 author phd
dissertate 14
15 document individual experience 14
16 document education experience 14
17 document business experience 14
18 provide 3-sided pyramid
14
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35 serve
EXPANDed workJob 02
26 write
SCHOLAR Theory W 35
22 pursue current
ARTdance 26
32 ENTHUSE others'
selvesWE 22
30 AMBIENCE selfEtAl assetsME
32
37 pursue enjoyable PHYSICAL
30
21 DREAM effective bodyMIND
37
03 measure personal PRODUCTION
30
04 measure total
LIFETIME 03
36 answer chronicle market
35
27 publish facilitate article
36
23 develop objective jobInOut
36
24 serve rtn/bm/att committees
23
25 write benedict syllabi
23
28 prep benedict
lessons 23
29 facility in-class learning
23
31 facility out-class learning
23
33 supervise KAS58 workstudys
23
____________________________________________________________
Source: Prior tables. Note: The "duplicate" task number
(see 10) with the way signifying the main integrated
thought has worked well, inspiration being encouragement,
motivation, whimsy, and incitement.
FBC post-mortum. The new experiencer
says, "Live
happily ever after...." as a functional organization.
Functional bible summary
A particular Church's CatechismÆ109æ
begins by
defining God as "a Spirit." Does this mean that the God
Spirit can be linked to a functional human spirit? What
does the bible say about spirit, Spirit, and Holy Spirit?
Someone has said that the Holy
Spirit is the unknown
person of the Trinity. It is probably true
that all too
frequently when Protestants recite that portion
of the
____________________
109 E.Brubaker (1994) A catechism
of the christian
faith. Prairie Village KS: Village Presbyterian Church.
Based upon the Bibical and Reformed (Presbyterian) Heritage.
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creed, "I believe in the Holy Spirit," they thereby
exhaust their knowledge and vocabulary concerning
the
Spirit. (110 5)
Personally, the spirit of Jesus
has always told about
the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately we speak of these two as
if
separate. For if Jesus internalized the Holy Spirit, was
not His life that of the Holy Spirit? If Jesus died for
sins, why does religion pigeon-hole members as sinners who
need saving every week? Certainly a life-long dis-spiriting
activity.
Looking back on parochial and
public schooling,
students seem to always search for encouragement in living
their wholly-spirit instead of being mighty or crucifying
the self.
I kept searching to keep my religion
tied to
scientific psychology, not diametrically in opposition.
I kept being open, challenging my self. The
Powell
definition of love stood me in good stead and still
serves well, although it is but one of many life-models.
My travels have taken me into
several churches - each
with some very pleasing attributes.
Out of all this comes a focus on the spirit.
All God does in man He does by
the Spirit. He is God
at work in the inner recesses of human personality.
Through the gift of the Holy Spirit
in Pentecostal
fullness the heart of the Christian believer is
made pure
from sin and perfect in love. The surest safeguard
against...threat is complete openness to the Spirit.
(110 9)
____________________
110 W.M.Greathouse (1958) The fullness
of the
spirit. Kansas City MO: Beacon Hill. Preface
page 5 by
S.Young. Book provided by the Nazarene Church.
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Can this openness to a seemingly
external Spirit be
turned humanly inward as an openness to one's own human
spirit? From the dictionary, spirit is -
* 1 : the breath of life,
2a : a supernatural being,
2b : a supernatural, incorporeal, rational being
or
personality,
2c : a supernatural being held to be able to enter
into and possess a
person,
* 3a : the active essence of the Diety serving as the
invisible and life-giving
or inspiring power
in motion,
3b : one manifestation of the divine nature,
* 4a : SOUL,
4b : a disembodied soul existing as an independent
entity,
5a : temper or disposition of mind, MOOD,
* 5b : mental vigor or animation,
CHEERFULNESS, LIVELINESS,
VIVACITY,
6 : the immaterial intelligent or sentient
part of
a person,
7a : the activating or essential principle of
something,
7b : an inclination, impulse, or tendency of a
specified kind,
* 9 : life or consciousness having an independent
type of existence,
* 11 : bodily constitution that is the source of
energy and strength,
14a: a special attitude or frame of mind
characterizing an
individual or group,
14b: the frame of mind, feeling or disposition
characterizing something,
* 15a: a lively or brisk quality in something,
* 15b: stimulated or high characteristics
(as liveliness, energy,
vicacity, ardor,
enthusiasm, or courage)
in a person or his
actions,
16 : an individual person considered with reference
to characteristics
of mind or temper,
* 17 : a mental disposition characterized by firm-
ness or assertiveness,
ARDOR, COURAGE, METTLE,
____________________
· The author's emphasis for his life.
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20a: the essential character of something,
20b: the prevailing tone or tendency,
20c: the general intent or real meaning of something,
* 23 : enthusiastic loyality,
25 : Christian Science God,
in spirits
: in a cheerful or joyful frame
of mind,
* 2 : to infuse with energy, ardor, or life,
ANIMATE, ENCOURAGE,
INSPIRIT, STIMULATE,
4a : to carry off, make away with, or remove
rapidly and secretly
or mysteriously,
4b : to convey to a destination in a secret or
mysterious way,
4c : to abduct or cause to disappear mysteriously.
(111 sv)
From Harv's case-study, and from
the above starring,
the fullness of his resume and personal life indicates
"breath" - he has and will continue to live perfect days by
discarding the Diety of Perfection and Contingency. He
asks, "What's next, why, and with whom?" Harv promotes
the
active essence of life as internalizing the Holy Spirit,
making himself a wholly spirit - he seeks to make that
special imprint or soul of his, known to others, in ways
which present mental vigor, animation, cheerfulness,
liveliness, vivacity, independence for the parties, a bodily
constitution that is a source of energy and strength,
briskness, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, firmness,
assertiveness, mettle, loyality, and joyfulness. Now we
switch from the dictionary of our culture to some bible
____________________
111 P.B.Grove, et.al.eds. (1961)
Webster's third new
international dictionary of the english language unabridged.
Springfield MA: Merriam.
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study.
We enter and move through the
bible by using a
concordance. The words spirit, spirits, spiritual, and
spiritually provide approximately 690 occurances for
paraphrasing and common groupings.112
A sentence-structure summary of
the categories
follows. The order represents the sequence of how a new
category came to be when the next passage paraphrase
didn't seem to fit the previous categories.
Table 102 - The expert worker's spirit
____________________________________________________________
Humans know the joys of traveling and movement.
The essence of human life is spirit.
The spirit resides in all levels of human condition.
The spirit of God is meant to be within each individual.
The human spirit grows from past and present generations.
The spirit is meant to represent individualism - choice.
Mend a broken spirit first then the individual can listen.
From an internalized spirit comes favorable attributes.
Another's spirit may not look after your spirit.
Spirited individuals have whollistic vision for their future.
Spirited people are open, work hard, talk, and write.
Spirited individuals are restless.
____________________________________________________________
Source: 690 bible occurances of the root word spirit.
The paraphrase and categorization
are highly
personalized, reflecting how the categorizer sees their
world and how they have taken the concepts of scientific
____________________
112 H.L.Otto (1995) Spirit commandments:
A
replacement theology for self re-creation. Prairie Village
KS: The Village Presbyterian (USA) Church.
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case-study, life-time in whole-hours, spirited life, God,
and spirit references in the Bible to enhance their way in
life.
Can those sentences of wisdom
summary be condensed
further and integrated with the concepts of Jesus' love and
scientific psychology's statistically significant basic
human needs?
The titles of the category tables
reflect the attempt
to provide functional expression for the categories.
Functions are expressed in verb-descriptor-noun format.
The
table titles follow and are in the same order as the
sentence renditions.
Table 103 - Functions of the expert worker
____________________________________________________________
Verb Descriptor
Noun
__________ ______________ _____________
1 experience adventure
joy
2 recognize spirit
essence
3 recognize learning
availability
4 recognize god's
residence
5 recognize growth
support
6 present spirited
choices
7 set mending
priority
8 recognize favorable
attributes
9 scrutinize other's
motives
10 envision whole
future
11 effectuate work
character
12 lead unconstrained
spirit
____________________________________________________________
Note: Verb-descriptor-noun phrases interpret the twelve
category sentences which summarized the approximately 690
occurances of the root word spirit in the bible - several
versions were used.
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Now this functional summary of
bible spirit can be
combined with another functional summary from the front
materials of this dissertation.
Table 104 - Tasks of different life philosophies
___________________________________________________________
Religious love
Basic needs Chosen life philosophy
_______________________ ___________ ______________________
challenge
growth growth
time and encouragement relatedness challenge
respect
existence relatedness
time and encouragement
respect
existence
___________________________________________________________
Note: Integration of tables 2 and 3 from pages 17 and 19.
Life-task items are stated in hierarchical order. Jesus'
love as interpreted by the writings of John Powell,S.J.
Basis human needs deemed statistically significant from
Alderfer's experiments.
Granted, the above table reflects
the choice of one
individual - however, the choices base upon considered
wisdom commentary, and statistical significant science.
Can
the Chosen Life Philosophy column reconcile with Bible
Spirit of the expert worker? The following attempts a
reconciliation.
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Table 105 - Ranked expert worker functions
____________________________________________________________
What
Why
________________________________________ ___
Act description
__ _____________________________________
experience adventure joy
growth
envision whole
future growth
present spirited
choices challenge
lead unconstrained
spirit challenge
scrutinize other's
motives challenge
recognize spirit
essence challenge
recognize growth
support relatedness
effectuate work
character relatedness
recognize favorable
attributes relatedness
recognize learning
availability relatedness
set mending
priority encouragement
recognize god's
residence respect
____________________________________________________________
Source: Above tables.
The above can be seen to be the
bible-wisdom actions
of the expert worker, which define that individual's
life-philosophy, and in turn, the optimization of an
individual's life-performance.
Further integration follows.
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Table 106 - Bible spirit and life philosophy
___________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Table Whrs
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ _____ ____
06 actualize
growth 05 philoa
02 experience adventure joy
01 1b
08 exchange
challenge 06 philo
10 lead unconstrained
spirit 08 12
08 present spirited
choices 06 6
09 solidify
relatedness 06 philo
10 effectuate work
character 08 11
08 recognize favorable
attributes 06 8
10 exchange timed
encouragement 08 philo
08 scrutinize other's
motives 06 9
07 envision whole
future
10
11 recognize
respect 08 philo
12 set mending
priority 10 7
09 recognize growth
support 06 5
09 recognize learning
availability 06 3
09 recognize spirit's
residence 06 4
12 recognize spirit
essence 10 2
30 provide
existence 32 philo
___________________________________________________________
Note: Integration of above tables - philo and original order
of the functional bible summary. Life-task items are stated
in hierarchical order.
a Philo table items come from
two perspectives.
Jesus' love as interpreted by the writings of John
Powell,S.J. Basic human needs deemed statistically
significant from Alderfer's experiments.
b Table 1-12 items come from the
sorting of 690
bible occurances of the root word spirit, trying to get at
"god the spirit" different from "god the father" formal
organization and the "crucified love" life models.
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Table 107 - Spirit philosophy & whole-hour life-tasks
___________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Table Whrs
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ _____ ____
actualize
growth
philo
35 serve in someone's
job
yes
26 write Theory W
dissertation
yes
22 pursue current
writing(art)
yes
32 relate to others'
selves
yes
exchange
challenge philo
solidify
relatedness philo
recognize growth
support 5
recognize favorable
attributes 8
envision whollistic
future
10
recognize
respect philo
scrutinize other's
motives 9
exchange timed
encouragement philo
lead unconstrained
spirit
12
32 relate to my
self
yes
present spirited
choices 6
effectuate work
character 11
recognize learning
availability 3
04 measure personal
production
yes
03 measure total
lifetime
yes
30 maintain daily
assets
yes
experience adventure
joy
1
37 pursue enjoyable
exercise
yes
21 maintain effective
body/mind
yes
set
mending priority
7
recognize spirit's
residence 4
recognize spirit
essence 2
provide
existence philo
___________________________________________________________
Note: Life-task items are stated in hierarchical order.
Jesus' love as interpreted by the writings of John
Powell,S.J. Basis human needs deemed statistically
significant from Alderfer's experiments.
This last reconciliation to the
elements of Harv's
life-time has changed the rank of many items. For example,
the bible-task of "experience adventure joy," ranked with
growth in the life-philosophy integration, moves down to a
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more basic human need position when integrating with the
timed life-tasks.
"Present spirited choices" similarly
moves down to a
more basic human need position.
"Lead unconstrained spirit" moves
into a position of
direct input to "exchanging timed encouragement," which
means that the love aspect of encouragement takes time and
thus time should be taken.
"Envisioning of whollistic future"
now places after
the "scrutiny of other's motives." Another's motives can
now be built into the whole of the individual's future.
"Recognition of growth support"
moves to a higher
level, recognizing its relative independence from other's
respect versus a more direct dependence on self respect, and
of course, direct dependence on rational argument versus
political compromise.
With functional organization,
Harv should be able to,
for example, better "scrutinize other's motives" by
reviewing his paraphrases. Two paraphrases come forward
for
application to Harv's current work-life.
Jer 51. 1 destroyer spirits (wind) will
stir up
Lk 9.55 Jesus left unclean
spirits be
A current application comes to
mind. Harv's mother
has become particularily disspirited in a recent letter -
"Harvey, I found myself struggling to survive your abuse
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again - feeling much better with Dr's help - I want you to
stop it - showing off, in presence of other people. Or
we
have to stay away from each other. My tired heart can't
take that abuse." To be continued? Not if Harv avoids
that
dis-spiriting attitude.
Honoring or respecting others'
wishes can easily be
the message of a particular commentary - bible or not.
So
too can there be commentaries on the Holy Spirit. The
Greathouse commentary was previously referenced. That
author "has found time for a writing ministry of books and
articles contributing to the literature of Wesleyan
Arminianism."Æ(110 back cover)æ In both of these
examples
there's vested interest at work - working against the
functionality of the individual. Again, formal authority
attempts to replace functional authority. Quite the
opposite, Harv believes in formal authority serving
functional authority.
The Wesleyan Arminian author and
his book on the
fullness of the spirit referenced only 20% of the bible
references on the spirit - hardly a book with breadth or
fullness, although it carries that word in its title. Harv
judges the book 80% incomplete when compared with the
available bible wisdom rooted in the word spirit.
So what? What's next?
Does it matter? The answers
to these questions touch on the truth of an individual's
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life and the life-creativity which the individual evidences.
For the encouragement of all, the bible tells that the
spirit avails to all stations in life. And with mending,
and adventure joy, an individual can effectuate a spirited
work character, so that spirited choices, can be presented
to others. And that one can provide leadership for an
unconstrained spirit in cooperation. With only a certain
number of life-hours remaining, one should seriously get
about the work of exchanging encouragement in cooperation,
recognizing respect where you find it, especially one's
self-respect. This actualizes in a context of
whollistically envisioning one's future-life - not to be
confused with life after physical death. Thus we cooperate
in a social world, recognizing favorable attributes, and the
support for further growth.
Then with Harv's growth until
his physical death, he
says, "I am church!" And what about Corporate Church?
It
facilitates functional spirit, and can thereby be judged.
"Of use?" If "Yes," participate. If "No," challenge,
and
look elsewhere.
A further unifying integration
develops.
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Table 108 - FBC tasks integrated
____________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Who Comment
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ ___ ________
00 better future life
02
01 achieve eternal
life 00
02 enjoy
whole life
01
02 experienc adventure joy
05 attain good
feelings 02
06 actualize balanced growth
05
06 actualize
growth
07 provide good
eustress 05
07 envision whollistic future
08 challenge self
others 06
08 present spirited choices
08 scrutiny other's motives
08 recognize favorable attributes
08 exchange
challenge
08 study
08 serve christian
enterprise
08 attempt friendly congregation
08 attempt caring
congregation
08 witness ministry work
08 minister campus
students
08 share family
worship
08 extend family
invitation
08 worship
08 reach community
people
08 fill service
opportunit
08 offer wide
ministry
08 determine member interest
08 determine member ability
08
fellowship
08 nurture believer
fellowship
08 recognize previous baptiSave
08 receive monthly
communion
08 invite faith
confession
08 invite member
transfer
09 relate cooperate individual
06
09 solidify
relatedness
09 recognize growth support
09 recognize learning availabilit
09 recognize spirit's residence
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
WAY Verb Descriptor Noun
WHY
10 spend timed
encouragem 08
10 effect work
character
10 lead unconstrai spirit
10 power wholy
spirit
10 exchange timed
encourageme
10 meet human
needs
10 live love
expression
10
music
11 respect individual business
08
11 recognize
respect
12 maintain self
existence 10
12 set mending
priority
12 recognize spirit essence
19 identify 24 hr day work
10
14 quantify admin
strategy 06
13 author phd
dissertate 14
15 document individual experience 14
16 document education experience 14
17 document business experience 14
18 provide 3-sided pyramid
14
35 serve
EXPANDed workJob 02
35 serve in someone's
job
26 write
SCHOLAR Theory W 35
26 write
Theory W dissertatio
22 pursue current
ARTdance 26
22 pursue current
writing(art
32 ENTHUSE others'
selvesWE 22
32 relate to others' selves
32 relateTo my
self
30 AMBIENCE selfEtAl assetsME
32
30 maintain daily
assets
30 provide
existence
37 pursue enjoyable PHYSICAL
30
37 pursue enjoyable exercise
21 DREAM effective bodyMIND
37
21 maintain effective body/mind
03 measure personal PRODUCTION
30
03 measure total
lifetime
04 measure total
LIFETIME 03
04 measure personal production
36 answer chronicle market
35
27 publish facilitate article
36
23 develop objective jobInOut
36
24 serve rtn/bm/att committees
23
25 write benedict syllabi
23
28 prep benedict
lessons 23
continued
____________________________________________________________
Table continued
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____________________________________________________________
WAY Verb Descriptor Noun
WHY
29 facility in-class learning
23
31 facility out-class learning
23
33 supervise KAS58 workstudys
23
___________________________________________________________
Source: Prior tables. Note: The Theory W feature of worthy
tasks, however duplicative, works again.
The above example can also be
integrated with one's
life philosophy, similar to a preceeding development
exercise.
Table 109 - Bible spirit and life philosophy
___________________________________________________________
Way Verb Descriptor
Noun Why Table Whrs
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___ _____ ____
02 experience adventure
joy 01
1 no
05 attain good
feelings 02
no
06 actualize
growth 05 philo no
07 envision whole
future 05 10 no
08 exchange
challenge 06 philo no
08 present spirited
choices 06 6
no
08 recognize favorable
attributes 06 8 no
08 scrutinize other's
motives 06 9
no
09 solidify
relatedness 06 philo no
09 recognize growth
support 06 5
no
09 recognize learning
availability 06 3 no
09 recognize spirit's
residence 06 4 no
10 lead unconstrained
spirit 08 12
no
10 effectuate work
character 08 11 no
10 exchange timed
encouragement 08 philo no
11 recognize
respect 08 philo no
12 set mending
priority 10 7
no
12 recognize spirit
essence 10 2
no
35 serve EXPANDed
workJob 02
yes
26 write SCHOLAR
Theory W 35
yes
22 pursue current
ARTdance 26
yes
32 ENTHUSE others' selvesWE
22
yes
30 provide
existence 32 philo yes
___________________________________________________________
Note: Check of functional priority.
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Theory W 699
Other individual organizations
Outline lead. In the process of
writing this
dissertation, the use of a leading outline became a
necessity. The outline was integrated with print commands
thus insuring the integrity of the outline in the sense of
both validity and reliability.
Only through the combining of
the dissertation writing
project with the project of learning to write electronically
has the outline become a lead as opposed to merely
representing a table of contents. The lead perspective
has
an impact on how an individual can be organized - different
from the way an individual is organized using time as a
proof of validity.
Because of the difficulty of accepting
an outline for
one's life, the start of the argument to do so begins with
what the individual actually does with their time. If one
does not know the tasks and time of actual activities, the
probability of successfully changing tasks, internally or
externally, remains remote. For example, if a person does
not have the time and is not willing to cut quality or
quantity hours from existing tasks, new tasks taken on will
likely have time problems of quantity and quality.
Beginning then, with an actual
condition.
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Table 102 - Scheduled actions for the week
____________________________________________________________
Act number
Day of the week
__
____________________
Task description of the action
U M T W R F A
___________________________________ __ __ __ __
__ __ __
21 6am/daily writing (re)start
mu mu
21 relax non-commVCR TV
mu
35 KAS two
jobs mu
35 mail Atchison
jobreport mu
30 maintain file
security mu
32 bridge 1022m7pm
Sellers' mu
32 visit carclean
Topeka mu mu
mu mu
32 45 102390
Jan
mu
37 dance 7:30pm
lessons
mu
30 report 101590
CMA
mu
37 dance 7pm
lessons
mu
30 wash/buy clothes/bed items
mu
____________________________________________________________
Note: Whole hours expended by task are shown in the next
table.
Here we see the split between
a schedule and the
accounting for worktime. Schedule and worktime are
different yet must be integrated - like two facets look at
the same jewel.
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Table 103 - An individual's task hours
____________________________________________________________
Act number
Quarters
__
___________________
Most recent
Task description
prior weeks 1990
1989
________________________ ___________ ______________
____
Action verb Noun object 1 2 3
3rd 2nd 1st 3rd
___________ ____________ ___ ___ ___ ____ ____ ____
____
21 balance activity
80 89 76 986 862 1123 1738
32 cite relations
36 21 35 668 588 232 1
22 improve literacy
25 8 14 144 2
1 21
37 pursue exercise
15 13 25 107 82
30 maintain assets
6 13 13 128 80 61
3
35 read job
3 3 3 14 124
26 write dissertation
2 15 118 35 119
36
31 facilitate learning
1 6 2 1 55
138 45
36 answer market
18 90 18
23 develop jobexit
46 131 67
28 prep lessons
84 143 157
27 publish article
76 35
29 facilitate learning
58 137 46
33 supervise workstudys
2 14 6
24 serve committees
22 16
25 write syllabi
10 48
3 total time
168 168 168 2184 2184 2184 2184
4 measure effective%
31 35 34 24 34 38
20
____________________________________________________________
Note: Strategic organization of tasks is shown in another
table.
From a valid life-task view like
the above -
scientific if you will - one can take the life acts and
build some sense of a strategic individual organization.
The integration of a chosen life strategy has great
potential for conflict since many member organizations do
not envision the individual as a strategic entity - strategy
existing only as the aim of the member organization. Under
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Theory W, however, the individual asks why and thusly, among
many other reasons, qualifies as an organization capable of
strategy. Like an English outline lead.
The alternatives of life organization
are many, and in
addition to these many voices (or non-voicings), there are
many philosophic voices - heard loudly, if not logical or
rational. What then are some avenues (ways) to explore
these voices?
Problematic wisdom communication.
Connell (104 i)
concludes that, "At the very least philosophy appears to
have experienced a malaise for some time and seems to have
lost confidence in what it is doing." The same could well
refer to an aspiring PhD candidate who has struggled with
their dissertation project for years.
Yet Connell introduces Rorty's
view as hard to deny -
but with a contention.
Philosophy has failed in the purpose
it proposed for
itself when it set out to engage in systematic
investigations of what we know, and that as a consequence
it must come to understand that its true function
is to
improve human conversation. A philosopher,
he [Rorty]
thinks, is a sort of professional "needle" who must
criticize society's prevailing wisdom with a view
to
seeing whether it all hangs together. (104
i)
This dissertation hangs many things
together - perhaps
too many. Yet it does have limits. The delimitor
simply
stated as functional organization. The number of hangers
are pursued to push Theory W into as many administrative
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organizational settings as provided by the author's jobs and
careers - an argument toward universality.
Theory W recognizes the whole
of the human race as an
organization. Philosophy also sees the universe, the whole,
and the administrative functional organization - the delimit
of this dissertation - in a specific light.
The most common, minimal description
we can give of
the universe is that it is a collection of natural
things
taken as a whole; consequently when viewed as a
unit-whole, it too is a thing. Whole, of course,
implies
parts. (104 9)
Philosophy thus supports the idea
of being a
unit-whole and a part of a whole.
The study of the organized human
race falls to the
sociologist not to the administrator. The administrator
concerns a smaller group of human beings as parts of the
universe. Thus the universality of Theory W does not apply
to the whole of the human race - only to the parts with
administrative heads.
The unit-whole. The whole individual
has parts - (1)
good feelings of freedom, joy, and love, (2) mechanical body
parts with motor shills, (3) the ability to think 24 hours
each day, and (4) if educated, the ability to isolate
alternative actions and to choose their actions (activity)
possibly within some unique personal strategy.
Thus the essence of the unit-whole
can be identified
as the point of choice - the whole person can choose in
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their own self interest. That personal self-interest points
to a personal strategy which can be seen as an evolving set
of trials and problems.
Returning to philosophy, "When
we speak of things or
the stuffs of which they are made, we speak of them as
having properties (qualities), some of which are conditions,
states, etc. (104 10-1)"
Continuing, "The real is that
which exists outside the
mind and imagination, which means that existence
distinguishes the real. (104 11)"
Theory W makes organization real
- not just a
conceptual triangle, or a hierarchical bill of material type
list of names, or pages of descriptive narrative.
Simply or complex whole. Theory
W provides both
simple and complex levels of application. The two-year-old
child simply asks, "Why?" The Theory W organization "chart"
provides continually current work descriptions for all
members, specifically tied to the aim of the organization.
So to with the individual organization - the life-work
description ties to the aim of the individual.
Theory W acknowledges the individual
- whether they be
a child or a sage. Theory W transcends the classifications,
not only of child/sage, but of employee/owner,
labor/management, trainee/executive, worker/boss,
supervised/supervisor, family/father, follower/leader,
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one/many, lo-tech/hi-tech, and monetarily free/expensive.
Within self organization, the
self takes first
priority by definition. In all other organizations the
first priority should be the acknowledgement of why the
organization exists. Then the self can proceed to support
the actualization of the aims of both the self and the
organizations which it joins. Even the word joins implies
support of the organization aim. Theory W provides an
organization structure for both the self and all other
organizations.
Self organization. Individuals
organize themselves by
themselves and for themselves. So then, in what way do
individuals become disorganized? The answer lies in
education - in the broad sense, beyond the schools. This
does not mean that schools should not be held responsible,
for many individuals are disorganized in a scientific sense.
In science, there needs to be evidence of organization.
That's where Theory W provides the precedence database -
sparsely know in education.
Although most of the following
comes from the author's
own self study, the different or developing approaches can
be viewed as different.
Worktime vs detail. Worktime measures
wholehours
accurately but not precisely. The following exemplifies
precise detail that has time, yet it does not have the
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wholehours of worktime. Thus a distinction develops.
Figure 63a - Spiral notebook detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Source: Otto's 1984 trial of a notebook diary of life.
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Likewise, schedule calendars have
time but do not
necessarily have command of wholehours. Regardless, each
day has 24 hours of wholehour human worktime for our use and
understanding.
The following also tracks some
type of dollar
accounting relative to time and accounting.
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Figure 63b - Small notebook detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Source: Otto's 1981 trial of a 16 hole scheduling system.
A running noteboook diary can
prove to be too
detailed, regardless of the security of capturing
"everything." Practical worktime accounting with wholehours
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must not have this overbearing detail.
Figure 63c - Notepad detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Source: Otto's 1984 trial of a tearoff notepad scheduling
system.
Daily detail followup can be accomplished
separate
from the worktime accounting system.
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Figure 63d - Phone-o-gram detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Source: Otto's 1977 trial of a carbon copy notes.
The linking of detail notes with
worktime accounting
did not prove satisfactory.
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Figure 63e - Service billing detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Source: Otto's 1976 trial of attorney billing system.
Example of an early attempt at
computerizing one's
personal schedule. The precedence network idea has not
been
integrated, nor has the wholehour accounting of worktime
started.
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Figure 63f - Computer detail
____________________________________________________________
Note: A computerized Theory W database begins in 1984.
The why of scheduled action develops.
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Figure 63g - Activity detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Activity integrates into a single column for 1985.
The notebook holds on to recording
of daily
wholehours.
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Figure 63h - Notebook detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Most of the diary detail has disappeared in 1984.
Some type of schedule system must
be adopted.
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Figure 63i - Datebook detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The Theory W database in 1985 has yet to handle
scheduling.
The database brings a set of functions
to the fore.
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That function set will eventually become the Theory W
reliable and truely valid job description. A hierarchy
of
tasks begins to develop. Verb-descriptor-noun has yet to
make an entrance.
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Figure 63j - Function detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The late-1985 database summarizes the daily worktime
recording.
Wholehours now validate to 168
hours each week. And
history now begins to be displayed. The system however
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still depends on at least weekly printouts - something to
write on.
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Figure 63k - Written detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: 1987 database still stuck on worktime recording by
hand.
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Figure 63l - History detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The early-1987 database faces the presentation of
history.
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Figure 63m - Flow of history detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The late-1987 database still has not been truely
helped by the computer.
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Figure 63n - Validity detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: From 1973-1987 the idea of reliability and validity of
presentation was not confronted.
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Figure 63o - Clock detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Running a chronology database was attempted in 1986.
Why did the author go through
this development? Why
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should others be expected to be scientific about personal
time spending? One basic answer -
With patience, the long-range and
principle
contribution of time management is peace of
mind.(K.Bissell) 109
The focus changed from the detail
to the discipline of
knowing accomplishments and concerns.
____________________
109 J.Finn (1985) Time saving tips.
In JanFeb
Single Parent p.16. Also referenced A.Lakein's How to get
control of your time and your life.
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Figure 63p - Awareness detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The 1986 database looked to future time, although the
week-plan column was not effective.
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Figure 63q - Priority of detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Late-1986 brings a secureness about lifetime and
priorities begin to emerge (freedom). The lifetime database
was accompanied by a people database, setting the stage for
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logical friendship changes.
Figure 63r - Job detail
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: The 1987+ database made job-time communication a snap.
Monthly applications. The weekly
summation of
worktime management seems optimum. In contrast, the
following monthly summaries of worktime are presented.
Most
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could not be held to one page - humans have too big a story
in a month.
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Figure 64a - Department time
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Feb.1967.
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Figure 64b - SB time
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Dec.1978.
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Figure 64c - OP time
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Jan.1979.
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Figure 64d - SB time
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Jan.1979.
Note the variety of form.
Also note that the weekly
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form has the potential of reporting four or five weeks of
detail which would be input for an accounting month.
Figure 64e - HO time
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Jan.1990.
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Perhaps a good perspective would
be a no-progress
list, something that would clog a concerns list.
Figure 64f - No-progress list
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Week 7343 (the 43rd week of 1973).
BM worknet application. In a letter
to a past
student, the author presented a challenge to the student.
I have spoken about Theory W, perhaps
you recall. And
if you do recall, write down those past impressions.
The Theory W gimmick words draw
attention to the
integration worthy of a theory. Like Maslow's
need
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theory, Theory W will never be statistically significant.
Theory W philosophy looks anew
at the work of
organization. Past organization structure,
specifically
the formal organization, differentiates from Theory
W,
although the objects, namely people, are the same.
Theory W, however, applies to both the individual
and the
group.
The formally organized group scheme:
who
|
|
way <--what-->
why
|
|
v
when
---------------->
horizontal timeline
The Theory W organization:
why
|
| vertical
|
|
|
| and
who <--what-->
when |
|
| horizontal
|
|
v
| timelines
|
way
------------->
Now to apply Theory W to your individual
organization
- "This is your life!" But contrary to the
old
television show, we will extend to the future why
and
when. Yet we must start with the who and the
way -
however briefly.
By way of scholarly reference
(your letter of
10-17-90) we see 13 action tasks. (I have
maintained
your numerical sequence.) Theory W applies its wording
to
your words, resulting in the following:
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Table 104 - BM worknet
____________________________________________________________
Task description
Act ______________________________________
Following
number
act number
(way) Action verb Descriptor Noun object
(why)
______ ___________ ___________ ____________
______
1 use
education challenge
2 lead
healthy life
3 free
fearful self
4 express
self love
5 accept
your success
6 express
your care
7 express
self concern
8 seek
life benefit
9 love
centered self
10a orient
your self
10b face
optimistic challenge
11 get
self idea
12a enhance
spiritual life
12b understand Jesus'
love
13 love
other people
____________________________________________________________
Note: Since these tasks are not validated with time
reconciliation, there exists severe difficulty in building a
hierarchy as a strategic or functional organization.
Your tasks, if you choose, are
to confirm the above
tasks, then arrange them in rank order. Theory
W uses a
thing called a precedence network in the case that
rational jumps must be documented. Just like
on
television, Mission Impossible supposes to be a
thriller.
So to with Theory W. You may even want to
speculate as
to where this enjoyable exercise heads next.
In the
meantime I will continue writing my dissertation.
That
work does not permit my visit for Thanksgiving.
But how
about a visit during semester break?
My son exclaimed, "What?
You declined a visit to
Denver? Are you wacky?" I replied, "Just
a minute, I
have to write that down. It's another w word
which fits
wright into my Theory W." He's 21 now and
is
understanding his father more and more. My
two daughters
may never understand - we both agreed that they
are timid
and afraid. Sound familiar. My mother,
at 80, is still
immobilized by fear. Take heart, you have
time, but the
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sooner the better. Yet in the spirit of respect,
I'll
love you on the first level, that is respect, no
matter
what your choice. Sincerely, Harv Otto.
NW worknet application. The following
figure shows
the subject's worktime accounting.
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Figure 65a - NW worktime
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Week 8638.
An associated expression of self-review
displays on
the back of the above copy - an acceptable one-page format.
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Figure 65b - NW worktime self-review
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Week beginning 20 Oct 1986.
Over a number of weeks NW's Theory
W job description
was tested for validity. Productivities of 96%, 104%, 111%,
and 99% makes probable the claim that the following presents
NW's job.
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Table 105 - NW's Theory W job description
____________________________________________________________
Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Why
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___
01 manage 0.1 hour
phoning 03
02 manage 0.8 hour
meetings 03
03 update 0.1 hour
files 05
04 travel to/from
meetings 02
____________________________________________________________
Source: Employee's weekly self-analysis. Act 05 as
Reporting Benefit Closure can be seen as the annual report
of the agency. That mission will be taken up in the
multi-member chapter.
In contrast with the above, NW's
narrative job
description covers two pages.
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Figure 66a - NW narrative job desc
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: May 1983.
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Figure 66b - NW narrative job desc
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: May 1983.
Using Theory W principles, the
narrative version can
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be reformatted and integrated with the Theory W version.
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Table 106 - NW's narr in Theory W format
____________________________________________________________
Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Why
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___
02 evaluate referred
clients
02 determine client
eligibility
02 determine service
needed
02 evaluate client
personality
02 evaluate client
voc.aptitude
02 evaluate client
psy.inventory
02 evaluate client
academics
02 evaluate client
experiences
02 evaluate client
skills
02 evaluate client
interests
02 evaluate client
attitudes
02 evaluate client
disabilities
02 evaluate client
environment
02 recommends client
eligibility
01 refer extended
evaluation
01 maintain client
contact
02 counsel client
knowledge
02 counsel client
response
02 counsel client
disability
02 counsel client
attitudes
02 counsel client
emotions
02 counsel client
concerns
02 provide client
support
02 provide client
assistance
02 provide client
motivation
02 advise client
personals
02 advise client
socials
02 advise client
vocation
02 attain client
agreement
02 attain client
participation
02 plan client
programs
02 assist client
vocation
02 explain agency
services
02 determine needed
services
01 research service
resources
01 arrange services
payment
01 arrange financial
assistance
02 setup client
program
02 prepare client
justification
03 report case
progress
03 prepare required
documentation
02 analyze activity
variance
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02 obtain plan
approval
01 obtain expenditure
approval
02 implement client
plan
01 follow client
progress
01 continue appropriate services
02 provide employment
placement
02 provide client
services
01 maintain employer
contact
01 evaluate available
jobs
02 explain handicap
laws
02 draw employer
agreement
02 establish training
agreement
02 make field
visits
04 arrange own
transportation
____________________________________________________________
Source: Position description 46004.1 - vocational
rehabilitation counselor 1 with class number 69721.
The use of duplicate act numbers
with different
activity descriptions, yet without a why logic, permits the
integration of most any verbiage with a validated worktime
job description.
Student worknet application. Few
students have
attempted the application of logic to their individual self
organization. An exception follows.
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Figure 67 - Dean's worknet
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Spring 1989.
Alice's changed job. While consulting
the author had
the opportunity to apply a form of Theory W job description.
The results follow.
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Figure 68a - Alice's worknet - before
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: July 1982.
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Figure 68b - Alice's worknet - before
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: July 1982.
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Figure 69a - Alice's worknet - after
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Sept 1983.
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Figure 69b - Alice's worknet - after
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Note: Sept 1983.
Personal card Circa - early 1995.
personal spirit card
HARV OTTO seeks an
aimful
supportive
PARTNERSHIP
__________________________
9528
Manning Kansas City MO 64134-2229
Growth
oriented semi-retired male 56 seeks
nondependency female for progression of
talk, synergistic activity, closeness, and
m/Marriage forever partnership with separate
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finances. Open to being secondary spouse,
employment diverse, frugal. Only Marriage
of 21 years annulled. Three grown kids -
RN, professionals. Past PWP pres, church,
much civic activity. Likes kids. Country,
ballroom with dips, square dance. Walks,
writes, bridge, bikes, umpires, traveled
in Europe and most of US. 84honda, 386lap,
tools, cameras, bikes, skates, keyboard,
memorabilia, racket, sleepbag, clubs, tux,
sound/video. Will correspond, meet with
friends and group date.
1938-61
Mother pleaser
Others pleaser
1961-82 Job,civic success
Wife,kids,houses
1982-94 Fmly,job downsize
Downshift closed
1938-95 Joy,love,freedom
__________________________
sorry - no phone, fax, or e-mail
----------------------------------
The evolvement of Harv's personal
card represents
several items for discussion. One, there are similarities
with his business card, (2) a statement of direction, and
(3) narrative which attempts to connect with the audience.
Harv has exercised life-long intelligence,
reflected
in his degrees and in his writings. He believes that
writing provides evidence of ongoing intelligent life - not
only in a sense of personal fulfillment but in a sense of
eternal life. He has degrees and now works on writing
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fulfillment. Harv can be seen as having progressed through
a life-long learning pattern of technical skills - those
skills are uniquely broad-based.
Harv's direction deserves emphasis
- aimful supportive
partnership. Partnership being descriptive of a particular
type of organization. Supportive being descriptive of a
style of human interaction. And aimful descriptive of not
only project growth, but also of life-long growth, with
extension unto the growth of humans as a society, culture,
and species.
With the personal card, Harv seeks
connection with a
life-mate as the audience. In one such connection, namely
Harv-Nancy there was a grandson involved - Nancy's grandson
Bret.
Functional Bret. Bret offered,
perhaps through
chance, the opportunity to apply the principles of
functional organization. The preliminaries of the encounter
confirmed the principles which went into the creation of
Harv's personal card.
Within the first client encounter
session of three
hours, Bret listed the reasons for not doing what society
expected of him. The expection was legitimate -
unquestioned in American society. Those reasons were shown
to be of harm to Bret, and since he had these individuals
who harmed him as role models, Harv pointed out to Bret that
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he was now following the same pattern - Bret was harming
himself and those who loved him.
Harv then asked Bret to list his
friends - the
resulting list consisted solely of peers. That reflected
only one of the definitions of the word friend. Then Harv
used a computer with an electronic thesaurus to display
other ways to look at the idea of a friend. From the 47
alternative words, Bret chose the words partner and
supporter.
Harv then asked Bret to create
two columns next to his
list of friends. The columns were headed supporter and
partner. Bret proceeded to increase his list to include
family members. And for the purpose of this writing the
story ends there - the point being that a 13 year old chose
the words supporter and partner which agreed with Harv's
functional approach to his personal card.
In a short followup encounter,
Bret was asked, "Why
are you...[doing this]? Bret responded, first, "To not
get
my mom in trouble," and second, "Because my mom wants me
to...[do this]." Harv was impressed by the absolute
presence of negative motivation.
The way in which an individual
becomes turned from the
inborn human positive motivation to a negatively motivated
life-style remains unclear and unexplored at this time - no
matter. What does matter points to the construction of
a
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functional why life organization. In Bret's case, he
confirmed his will to live, yet could or would not make
willing positive decisions for the fulfillment of his life
organization.
Harv proceeded to encourage the
construction of Bret's
why (or functional) life organization. A negative
non-cooperative attitude defies construction of one's
functional organization. The result being some sort of
jail-type structure - prison, controlled access hospital,
secluded boarding school, strict physical control at home
and local school, drugs - until some partnership can be
formed.
Universality. A specific instance
in Harv's
functional approach to organizing himself, was the
development of his personal card, reflective of his
self-organization, specifically the goal of an aimful
supportive partnership. As described above, Bret, a 13
year
old, confirmed the basicness of supportive partnering.
The
interrogatory "why" in Harv's Theory W reflects the
aimfulness of the seemingly universal toddler questioning -
why, why, why.... Adult curiousity and life-long learning
are made of that same tottler "why" stuff.
Theory W entrance. From the above
specifics, Theory W
entrances can be seen as (1) ask the why question, (2)
choose the type of organization, such as a partnership, and
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the members, and (3) choose and act the way which completes
the organization's support tasks.
Table 107 - Universal individual workweb?
____________________________________________________________
Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Why
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___
1 answer why
question 2
2 form cooperative
organization 3
3 fill basicERG
needs mu
4 act fulfilling
way 1
5 choose time
spending 4
____________________________________________________________
Note: Based on Bret story.
Table 108a - Personal card workweb
____________________________________________________________
Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Why
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___
1 seek supportive
partnership 7
2 market personal
spirit 1
3 aim marketplace
cards 4
4 ask partner's
aim 2
5 dialog concise
package 3
6 think relatedness
needs 5
7 fill growth
needs 8
8 experience good
feelings 9
9 choose nextGrowth
synergy 10
10 fill basicERG
needs 8
11 verify partner
nondependency 4
12 expend existence
lifetime 11
13 choosing relatedness venture
12
14 socialize village
church 2
15 practice dance
exercise 11
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Note: Based on Personal Spirit Card above.
Introductory version. Still in early 1995.
introductory card
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HARV OTTO
aimful
friendly
discourse
__________________________
9528 Manning Kansas City MO 64134-2229
Then in late 1995 came another
attempt at introduction
in a newspaper personal ad format. Perhaps these exercises
basicially define or refine one's understanding of one's
self.
Retired SWM57 seeks non-dependency SF of
youthful spirit for progression of dialog,
synergistic activity & growth cooperation -
Bringing along emphatic previous information -
closeness, partnership commitment, separate
finances. Open to being secondary spouse.
Likes kids. Employment diverse, frugal.
Only Marriage of 21 years annulled. Three
grown kids - accounting, RN, software engr.
Full business career, professor, degrees.
Past PWP pres, church, much civic activity.
Country, ballroom with dips, square dance.
Walks, writes, bridge, bikes, umpires.
Traveled in Europe and most of US. Tools,
84honda, 386lap, cameras, bikes, keyboard,
memorabilia, sleepbag, tux, sound/video.
Will correspond, meet friends & group date.
Adding to the personal card workweb
-
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Table 108b - Personal card workweb
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Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Why
___ __________ ______________ _____________ ___
1 seek supportive
partnership 7
2 market personal
spirit 1
3 aim marketplace
cards 4
4 ask partner's
aim 2
5 dialog concise
package 3
6 think relatedness
needs 5
7 fill growth
needs 8
8 experience good
feelings 9
9 choose nextGrowth
synergy 10
10 fill basicERG
needs 8
11 verify partner
nondependency 4
12 expend existence
lifetime 11
13 choosing relatedness venture
12
14 socialize village
church 2
15 practice dance
exercise 12
16 dialog broadbased
closeness 17
17 commit growthful
partnership 9
18 keep financial
separation 11
19 enact secondary
spouseship 11
20 parent available
kids 8
21 choose suitable
employment 12
22 practice quality
frugalness 21
23 avoid traditional
marriage 11
24 practice walk/bike/ump exercise
12
25 write functional
dialog 10
26 perform bridge/ump
partnership 17
27 play piano
keyboard 9
28 reside tropics
locale 12
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Note: Based on Personal Spirit Card above.
Providing detailed understanding of the ad -
Retired -110
drawn back;
traveled to a private, sheltered,
secluded place;
retreated from danger or battle;
bent or curved back,
"the shore retires to form a bay;"
withdrawn from job/career.111
Seeks - to try
to find.112
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Non - not;
used to give a negative force;
less emphatic than in- and un-,
which give a word an opposite meaning.113
Dependency -
that which is subordinate;
influenced, controlled, or
determined by something else;
dependent variable vs independent v.114
Co- - shortened
form of com-;
a prefix formed from complement,
meaning complement of.
Complement -
what is needed to fillup something;
a protein in the blood or lymph
acting with immune bodies
to destroy bacteria;
that which is added, not as necessary,
but as ornamental;
outward show.
Youthful - possessing
freshness, novelty;
fresh, vigorous, active;115
new, early, in an early stage.
Spirit - the
life principle, especially in man,
originally regarded as an animating
vapor infused by the breath,
or as bestowed by a deity;
the soul;
the thinking, motivating, feeling part of
man, often as distinguished from the body;
mind;
intelligence;
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110 J.L.McKechnie (1983) Webster's
new twentieth
century unabridged dictionary - second edition. New
York: Simon & Schuster.
111 Releasing lifetime for other
human endeavors.
112 Takes work of a certain time
duration to
accomplish.
113 Some dependencies are positive,
others are
negative.
114 Perhaps this presents the
mathmatical model of
codependency. Rather than having all independent variables
and experiencing 1 + 1 = 3 as synergism.
115 The idea of the tropics (from
Mary, Sue's mother)
has precluded any searching in KC. I will move to the
tropics (central or southern FL from Chris' definition),
then resume the search. Progressive activities are
dissertation and job/career search.
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life, will, consciousness, thought, etc.,
regarded as separate from matter;
a supernatural being, especially one
thought of as possessing a person;
real meaning;
true intention; as opposed to the letter;
a pervading animating principle,
essential or characteristic quality,
or prevailing tendency or attitude;
a divine animating influence or inspiration.
Progression
- a moving forward or onward;
progress;
to continue toward completion;
to come along;
to improve;
to advance to a higher state.
Dialog - interchange
ideas seeking mutual
understanding or harmony;
open and frank discussion;
a written work in the form of conversation.
Synergistic
- in theology, a doctrine where man
cooperates with divine grace in
effecting regeneration;
simultaneous action of separate
agencies having greater total effect
than the sum of their individual effects.
Regeneration
- a spiritual rebirth or conversion;
renewed, reformed, reconstituted;
in botany, the renewal or replacement
of a hurt or lost organ or part.
Activity - normal
power of mind or body;
energetic action;
agility;
nimbleness;
an active force;
briskness;
liveliness;
animation.
Growth - gradual
development toward maturity;116
increase in powers.
Cooperation
- working together to one end;
concurrent effort;
to promote the same object;
the benefits or profits of which
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116 Maturation as a life-long endeavor
- perhaps
Likert is the psychology reference.
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are shared by all the members.
Good -
[comparative = better
superlative = best
Anglo-Saxon = god, good
originally = fit, suitable]
valid;
healthy;
strong;117
dependable;
satisfying;
morally sound or excellent;
useful;
providing favorable results;
dexterous;
agreeable, enjoyable, happy, etc.;
honorable;118
Good Friday;
good speed.
God - supernatural
being;
immortal being; [as long as there are people
to think the concept];
having powers over the lives and
affairs of people;
having power over the course of nature;
deity;
in monotheistic religions, creator and ruler
of the universe, eternal, infinite
all-powerful, all-knowing;
supreme being;
almighty;
a person or thing that is excessively
worshiped and admired;
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117 What the psychiatrist told
me at the hospital
after one session, "You are strong, get on with your life."
He also volunteered that Elaine was vindictive therefore I
would be punished for being sick, ill, weak, weary,
unhealthy, unsound, or whatever. Elaine's lament, "I
thought you'd take care of me for the rest of my life."
I
was rather tired of a dependent. Later his comment about
an
annulment, "Go for it!" My comment now, "I am punished
only
if I also am an unhealthly co-dependent." To avoid
co-dependent people has been and continues to be my
challenge!
118 As in respectable, like respecting
is the first
level of loving. Good Friday doesn't seem to fit - perhaps
the martyr creation was the good. Good Speed not God Speed!
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an all absorbing passion, pursuit, or hobby;
that person/thing idolized to the exclusion
of having power over one's own life.
Thus I seek me as a super being,
an above-natural person as
all can be, an eternal-life thinker, not letting thoughts of
death or loss deplete the superness of the present moment -
without chronic anxiety, yet demanding of life's time.
chronic - perpetual;
habitual;
constant;
recurring.
anxiety - concern
about some event, future or
uncertain, which disturbes the mind
keeping it in a state of uneasiness;
a thought that causes this;
an eager desire;
watchfulness;
restlessness.
Master of our own time?
Time mastery. Other sections of
this dissertation
have stressed the limited number of hours available in a
lifetime. And one' lifetime, according to Theor W, can
best
be described by whole hours in the spirit of work time.
Routine vs project tasks. As indicated
by H.L.Otto's
lifetime effectiveness, a 33% productivity factor leaves
217,000 hours for project tasks over a lifetime.
The project of a college education,
for example,
theoretically amounts to around 124 credit hours. Each
credit hour typically consists of 15 class hours accompanied
by 30 study hours. The undergraduate degree project thus
amounts to 5600 hours.119
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Obviously, a commitment to life-time
employment of 40
years, or 80,000 hours, takes a big chunk of life time.
A
more realistic discretionary spending amount may be 120,000
hours.
How much does a family cost?
How much does a marriage
cost? Not enough time may remain, thus contributing to
less
learning and less family quality. The topic of "quality
of
work life" has a parallel named "quality of life time."
That challenge brings administrative science to the
management of the self organization.
Attempt at individual organization.
At the time of
the following, the precedence expression was being
attempted. The why expression in Theory W has developed
a
more preferred expression.
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119 Peer facilitation study has
improved study time
15% - more toward the 30 study hours stated above.
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Table 109 - Quality of life worknet
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Whrs
Done time
Act Verb Descriptor
Noun Pre way eval
track
___ ________ _____________ ___________ _______ ____ ________
0 live quality
life 7 11 yes
no 9 15
7 provide interpersonal action
9 12 yes no 9 15
9 provide communication time
6 yes yes
6 provide choice
time 13
yes no 9
13 track
time 14
yes no 9
14 provide easy
method 15 no
no 9
11 enjoy
superhealth 1 15 yes no 1 15
1 maintain
assets 2 6 17 no
yes
2 build financial
stability 3 yes
no 1
3 provide retirement income
5 yes no 1
5 provide future
job 4 8 9 no
yes
4 provide current
job 16
no yes
12 love
people 8
yes no 9
8 provide degree
recognition 10 no no 5
10 provide time-result integration 13
no no 15
15 write dissertation proposal 10 no yes
17 rest self 6 yes yes
16 move
residence 5 6 yes yes
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Note: The time tracking way has been stated separate from
the logic way. The application of the duplicate task
principle could make the above more vivid.
Self- vs member- evaluation
Individual organization performance.
The prior part
of this paper considered the performance evaluation of the
individual within the context of employment. Typical time
commitments are, for example, (1) 40 hours per week for paid
employment, (2) one hour per each eight weeks for donating
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blood, and (3) countless other employer interfaces. Note
that you are not paid monetarily by all of your employers.
The individual self organization
(ISO) has 24 hours
each day and obviously not all of those hours are available
for traditional productivity. Yet all tasks within the
ISO
are spent. The individual simply cannot separate their
ISO
from their life hours. Thus an individual performs their
tasks 24 hours per day.
Self organization productivity.
The idea of
production involves output divided by input. The
output-input measure reflects as a productivity percentage.
In the case of an ISO, the individual judges which tasks are
outputs vs the 168 hour per week input of life time.
The expert worker has two roles.
First, even to the
employer, the Worker As Expert (WAE - pronounced wayee),
acts as administrator of their Individual Self Organization
(ISO) - pronounced, "I, so?"
Second, the WAE acts as employee
for the Member
Organization (MO). There may be many MOs - job, church
,
fraternal, civic, recreational. Some MOs pay wages, some
do
not.
Administrators of ISOs and MOs,
according to Theory W,
must make the organization plan (strategy) visible to the
workers. The workers then become WAEs in support of the
organization missions (aims). This ties with the idea of
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goal congruence.
Self before member eval. Many
MOs evaluate employee
performance. And this paper first introduced performance
evaluation as a function of MO administration. ISO
evaluation, however, ranks as more important to the
individual. Theory W promotes the proposition that the
expert worker first administrates their own ISO then
administrates their MO task responsibilities. In practice,
the ISO and MO administrative tasks rotate. The WAE attends
one then the other, depending on the individual want. In
a
marketing sense, Theory W presents a unique product which
may provide awareness of ISO distinctiveness. Traditional
organization theory does not apply to ISOs.
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Table 110 - An individual org evaluation
___________________________________________________________
Hours for the Weekly performance
Task description
w52 projecta ___________________
_________________________ ___ ________
Routine Project
Action verb Noun object
_______ _______
___________ _____________ ___
maintain body/mind
68 yes
encourage relationship 44
yes
get job
19 193
nob
write dissertation
18 702
noc
maintain assets
12 yes
pursue exercise
7 nod
facilitate students
1875
yese
measure lifetime
168
measure effectiveness 33%
HISTORY
Fourth, second, first quarter 1990 33%
34% 38%
Third quarters of 1990 and 1989
24% 20%
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Note: a Current database reaches back to third quarter of
1989. Further data may be available in archives.
b Completion scheduled for mid-February
1991.
c Completion scheduled within
six weeks.
d More square dancing scheduled.
e 60 hours per week for a 30 week
Benedictine job
term.
Dynamic provision
If the structure of a government
is to be fitted to
its people and its purpose, it must take into account
the
probabilities of changes that may occur. In
newer
communities and those where considerable changes
in
educational technique, in population, in economic
environment, or inter-community relationship, take
place,
provision for appropriate steps in structural
reorganization are essential. (186 142)
The structure of the author's case
study has changed.
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Figure 70a - Worktime database
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Note: Printing of the above was done for illustration.
No
regular periodic print outs are done - realizing a true
computer database.
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Figure 70b - Worktime database
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In contrast with the above, there
has been a history
of changes.
Quarterly summary. Early attempts
had percentages and
unstructured amounts. Validity and ranking methods have
superceded those early deficiencies.
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Figure 71 - Quarterly summary
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Note: 73q4 - 1973 quarter four.
Reorganization will continue to
occur, if not in the
database form, than in the content, where there exists the
quantification of life quality in terms of lifetime worknet
and worktime, that is, functional organization.
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Part 4 - Multiple member organizations
Chapter 12 - The challenge of Theory
W
Chapter 13 - Business case studies
Chapter 14 - Education case studies
Review. The triangular hierarchy
of Figure 71 was
taken from the part 3 review section.
Figure 71 - About member organizations
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why
Implementation /
\
quantify administration strategy
document individual experience
document education experience
document business
experience\
/
way
\
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Source: Part 3 review section.
Summary. This part takes
the pure functional
organization structure hypothesis of part 1 chapter 6 and
investigates its application to several multi-individual
organization cases.
More specifically, this part evidences
the result of
the "document business and education experiences" activity
of the table 12 set of purposes in the introduction. Prior
to the presentation of case experiences, chapter 12
addresses and rationalizes the issues of reliability,
validity, and general scientific criteria.
Next. Part 5 sets forth
the possibility of using a
testing instrument to check the pre- and post- test values
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when installing a more-pure functional structure in a
multi-individual or an individual's organizational setting.
The value measurement should reveal an increase in
creativity, leadership, synergism, and productivity in
FIRO-B units.