Organization and education development : reflecting and transforming in a self-discovery journey /: reflecting and transforming in a self-discovery journey. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Suresh Nanwani.
• Authors: Nanwani, Suresh
• Contents: Foreword Preface Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Why the Journey, the Itinerary, and the Fellow Travelers? It is never too late to embark on a journey to learn about oneself Two salient events in my life and their effects on me Options in mapping out my journey What is the "best travel agenda"? Core values for my research journey of discovery What I need to know and discover on my journey: objectives and questions My fellow travelers 2 Essential Items Packed for the Journey: OD Theories and Concepts; with Accompanying Studies and Literature Introduction My travel bag Reflective Practice Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Living Positive Organization Scholarship Charlotte Shelton’s seven quantum skills Positive psychology, and flow and creativity Action Research Living Theory Eastern perspectives: ikigai, yoga, meditation, and tai chi Mindfulness Self-awareness Self: The human being is part of the whole, called the Universe Know yourself 3 All Aboard: My Journey Travelers Who Helped Me in Navigating My Route My ticket for the journey: the research paradigm Three instruments in my research paradigm Respondents for the surveys and interviews Data collection Journaling Surveys and interviews Feedback questions 4 The Journey: What I Learned from My Initial Fellow Travelers and Myself in Relation to the Values of Integrity, Professionalism, and Spirituality Introduction Research question 1: What are the consistent ways in which practicing my three values of; integrity, professionalism, and spirituality make me a fully integrated person? Summary Impact of independent readership on my journal entries Research question 2: Through what behavioral lenses do my friends and students; perceive me practicing the three values? Surveys Interviews Summary 5 The Journey Continues: What I Learned from My Additional Fellow Travelers and; Myself on My Top Three Discoveries and on My Final Model Introduction Research question 3: What are the top three discoveries I gained from my practice of the; three values? Summary Research question 4: What model can I craft toward becoming (a) a fully integrated; person and (b) a better professor? Summary Four illustrative vignettes Vignette One (on professionalism) Brief episode Extrapolation Vignette Two (on integrity) Brief episode Extrapolation Vignette Three (on spirituality) Brief episode Extrapolation Vignette Four (on all three values of integrity, professionalism, and spirituality) Brief episode Extrapolation 6 Completing the Journey: The Final OD model, the Lessons Learned, the MICAI; Intersection Model, Summaries of Reflective Practices, and Does the Journey Really End? A fulfilling journey and the six-spoked wheel model General conclusions Specific conclusions Core values A clear process for the route taken The road is never neatly defined A three-legged stool of values There is always room for improvement in teaching and in living life I am part of the cosmos and I contribute to the dynamic whole The Matter-Ikigai-Creativity-Appreciative Inquiry/Living (MICAI) Intersection Model Instances in applying the MICAI Intersection Model Summaries of reflective practices for a reader to use Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Several specific examples of simple daily reflective practices Example 1: Morning — the sun rises, we rise, we awaken Example 2: A flock of birds flying in the sky Example 3: Eating slowly and tasting the gently-stirred oatmeal porridge you cooked A poem to sum up my journey and salient pointers I learned Concluding notes and recommendations Key ingredients in embarking on a journey Incorporation of other concepts and theories Always revisit your journey 7 Postscript from My Journey: Covid-19, the New Normal, and Ways of Rediscovering Oneself Introduction My final model in relation to Covid-19 Impact of Covid-19 on OD models and new values in OD Covid-19 as a crisis of opportunity Mental maps: conventional and new normal Unleashing the best in us Shakespeare and the Black Plague: creativity sparked in dramatic plays Chekhov in isolation: creativity released in the wilderness Wordsworth as a solitary person: creativity unlocked through poetry The miracle of Robben Island: creativity uncaged through imprisonment and confinement An exercise in reinterpreting lines from As You Like It, 1599: As rewritten in 2020, the; new normal Epilogue Appendix 1: Selected Journal Entries as Samples Showing Self-Reflection Appendix 2: Selections from the Data Collection Table Reporting Interviews with the Respondents Glossary Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 158.1; Self-management (Psychology); Self-culture; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Career development
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000451733; 9781000451702; 9781003166986
• Related ISBNs: 9780367765767
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