CHAPTER 3 Social, Technical, Commercial (STC): Domains of Work

 

 

 

In the previous chapter we defined human work as turning intention into reality, a definition we have found to be essential to understanding and creating positive organisations. In the field of organisation and leadership, the lack of a clear definition has led to unnecessary confusion as managers and academics tried to understand the experience of people working in organisations and also to clarify the work to be accomplished in various work roles.

Similarly when we think about an organisation what do we mean by that? What actually is being organised? From our definition of work: turning intention into reality we can see that work and the purpose of an organisation are ...

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