Re: Science or Moral Values

[Paul Hollingworth <PH@4GM.com>]

James Robert Crow <jr1crow@mindspring.com> writes
> if management had the position that work is a natural part of life and
>people can experience joy in work just as in play this would also
>influence how management interacts with employees and interperts
>the results.

I think the problem may lay in the word 'work'.
I have seen this defined as 'something you do of value for someone
else'.

How do we separate 'work' from 'play'?

Running my own business, I am in the fortunate position of perceiving
all my activity as just that - activity.  For example:
        Some of it is fun, some of it isn't.
        Some of it is discretionary, some of it is necessary *
        Some of it produces money, most of it doesn't.

But joy comes from CREATIVITY.
IMHO it is Creativity, not work, that  is a natural part of human life.
It is something that makes  humans what we are.

If creating the environment to enable  creativity was seen as a central
obligation of management, I'm sure we would be 33% of the way there.

I wonder if Denizens have a view on what might comprise the other 67%?

Paul H.

* I think this is what Deming meant when he talked about  'Facts of
Life'
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