Doc says,
" I'm wondering whether the continuing "objectification" of people as a
means of production (resource or capital) is antithetical to a learning
organization? It seems to me that by objectifying people, water, animals,
air, etc., as exchange media continues to exacerbate rather than remedy
many of the problems people identify on this list. "
I rather think objectification is an outcome in almost all large
organizations, whether they be churches, schools, businesses, ethnic
groups, or armies. It is a result of how we somewhat naturally classify
people in order to simplify neural processing. You are raising an
interesting point, and I am only wondering if the cause is not deeply
buried in each of us as opposed to being some kind of "skin disorder" that
occurs only in businesses.
It is interesting within a business for example, how many people will say
that their department is very, very good, but some of the other
departments are not. You see the same in villages where neighboring
villages are suspect, of course we see too much of this among ethnic
groups, and we clearly see teachers going through classification of
children in classrooms. Most of it results in negative outcomes, but it
certainly seems deeply buried.
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