Responsibility at Work
How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly
Published on 26. September 2007
380 pages
978-0-470-17580-4 (ISBN)
Description
Filled with original essays by Howard Gardner, William Damon, Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi, and Jeanne Nakamura and based on a large-scale research project, the GoodWork® Project, Responsibility at Work reflects the information gleaned from in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 people from nine different professions--journalism, genetics, theatre, higher education, philanthropy, law, medicine, business, and pre-collegiate education. The book reveals how motivation, culture, and professional norms can intersect to produce work that is personally, socially, and economically beneficial. At the heart of the study is the revelation that the key to good work is responsilibilty--taking ownership for one's work and its wider impact.
Reviews / Votes
"Gardner and his colleagues outline steps that can be taken tobuild a sense of responsibility and to take ownership for one'swork and its wider impact." (District Administration, 07/08) Overall, this book represents a valuable contribution theliterature on understanding the meaning of work in our lives.(PsycCRITIQUES, 05/28/08) "The questions are though-provoking; the responses, profound. Ofhighest interest is the tool kit that the GoodWork Project hasdeveloped." (Nonfiction Philosophy and Psychology) "The book is well researched and makes for interesting readingthat administrators and teachers could all benefit from." (TheSchool Administrator, 04/2008) "This book appeals to a wide audience as an array of informativeand skillfully written insights into the responsibilities, meaning,and ethics of work." (NACADA, 03/11/08) "Responsibility at work provides strategies for cultivatingresponsibility in those at work and those who may enter theprofession." (Ad-Hoc-News, 10/17/2007) Gardner's book mentioned in an article - " my favorite chapteris 'Creativity and Responsibility'...." (Daily Herald,09/12/2007)"In this remarkable collection of essays, Gardner and his colleagues have given us an astonishing array of penetrating insights into the responsibilities, meaning, and ethics of work. Everyone, anyone, in any organization, can learn and profit from the wisdom in these pages."--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business and University Professor at the University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a LeaderMore details
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Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author of more than twenty books translated into twenty-four languages. Gardner also holds positions as adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University, adjunct professor of neurology at Boston University, and senior director of Harvard Project Zero.
Content
Introduction.
Who is responsible for good work? (Howard Gardner).
PART ONE: POWERFUL MODELS OF RESPONSIBILITY).
1. Taking ultimate responsibility (William Damon and KendallBronk).
2. The ability to respond (Susan Verducci).
3. Creativity and responsibility (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi andJeanne Nakamura).
4. A call to serve: An exploration of humane creators (WendyFischman).
PART TWO: FACTORS THAT MODULATE RESPONSIBILITY).
5. A balancing act: How physicians and teachers manage timepressures and responsibility (Jeffrey Solomon).
6. Placing God before me: Spirituality and responsibility atwork (Seth Wax).
7. Responsibility and leadership (Andreas Schröer).
8. Service at Work (Lynn Barendsen).
9. Beyond the gender stereotype: Responsibilities to self andothers (Carrie James).
10. Control and responsibility: A Danish perspective onleadership (Hans Henrik Knoop).
PART THREE: THE LIMITS OF RESPONSIBILITY).
11. Constraining responsibility: Choices and compromises (LauraHorn and Howard Gardner).
12. Irresponsible Work (Howard Gardner).
Part Four: Toward Greater Responsibility).
13. Practicing responsibility (Jeanne Nakamura).
14. The GoodWork Toolkit: From Theory to Practice (LynnBarendsen and Wendy Fischman).
Conclusion (Howard Gardner).
Index.
