Replying to: LO28039
A good day to you, Rol
In your post you mentioned three drawbacks to LO, the first of which I
found interesting:
> 1 - LOs are not automatically ethical, legal, environmentally
> responsible, or even relevant. LOs by themselves lack values. LOs by
> themselves may easily lack direction or focus, or they may change
> focus
> too easily.
as it seems to imply that any organisation - whether LO oriented or
not - should really have some overriding objective to ensure a high
measure of ethicality, legality en environmental responsibility.
Based, of course, on the assumption that these characteristics are
desirable in an organisation as they are in individuals.
The Normative Directive - enhancing the worth of the organisation to
its whole environment - is one such (and perhaps the most generalised)
overriding objective that would ensure the above mentioned
characteristics.
It should be noted that this Directive can apply to any organisation,
not only those that pursue an LO orientation. Nevertheless, in an LO
organisation it will provide the consistent focus that should be able
to draw commitment from all participants at all levels of the
organisation.
With kind regards and best wishes
daan
Daan Joubert
Roodepoort
South Africa
daanj@kingsley.co.za
--Daan Joubert <daanj@kingsley.co.za>
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