Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly

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Howard Gardner
John Wiley & Sons, 2010 M12 21 - 368 pages
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.
 

Contents

Title Page
Introduction
Responsibility
TAKING ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY
THE ABILITY TO RESPOND
CREATIVITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
ACALLTO SERVE
PLACING GOD BEFORE
Chapter 10 CONTROL AND RESPONSIBILITY
CONSTRAINING RESPONSIBILITY
IRRESPONSIBLE WORK
PRACTICING RESPONSIBILITY
THE GOODWORK TOOLKIT
CONCLUSION
SUBJECT INDEX
RESPONSIBILITY ANDLEADERSHIP

SERVICEAT WORK
BEYONDTHE GENDER STEREOTYPE

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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.

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