Spirituality in the Workplace
It seems almost everywhere you turn these days, some type of change in this world is being attributed to the tragedies of September 11. One of the biggest places this change is evident is in peoples' place of employment. Even before September 11, however, a trend was growing in the business world - a trend of exploring spirituality and its role in the workplace. This idea has only grown further in light of recent events and become much more important not only to employees, but management as well. It has been examined by everyone from University Professors specializing in Organizational Theory and Behavior to a Monk in England with an MBA. Over the past few weeks, Jim Campbell and I have explored this trend and what has been written about it. What follows is a summary of our preliminary findings. Hopefully, these findings will reveal a niche that the Crossroads Center, Mr. Shea, and Mr. Campbell will be interested in exploring over the course of the next quarter. Spirituality in the Workplace is a fairly difficult topic to study. First of all, its definition is one of great debate. The word spirituality alone is hard enough to define. Different people have different ideas about what the concept of s
Association for Spirit at Work http://www.spiritatwork.com In addition, there are so many resources out there on the topic of spirituality in the workplace that I did not cover in this paper. Considering their location, in the heart of Chicago's business district, I think that the Center could provide a valuable service as a disseminator of information on the topic, and also possibly house either discussion groups or workshops on the topic as well. A reliable and knowledgeable source could prove invaluable to someone looking to find information on the topic, as while there is a lot of information out there, it is fairly jumbled, and some of it is pretty far out there. The Association for Spirit at Work offers similar services to these in Connecticut and are adding more and more to their website as time goes on. The Crossroads Center's website could serve as a similar tool. C2: While both employees and management must be involved for spirituality to have the most effective role in the workplace, the target of any programming or research must first be on the management. Cash, Karen C. "A Framework for Accomodating Religion and Spirituality in the Workplace." Academy of Management Executive. 14.3. (2000): 124-135.
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