BUS 303 Chapter 9: Ch. 9 Notes

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 303
• Professor: Kathleen Burke

Document Summary

Managers often have little opportunity to step back & reflect on complex issues. Stoics sought comfort in divine providence, prized virtue & reason, sough liberation from passions, tried not to concern themselves w/ matter they could not control. Slow down & step back, withdraw & reflect. Believed serenity could protect him from hazard of over-immersion, losing himself. & his bearings in unending stream of life"s tasks. Understand responsibilities & prepare to meet them (psychologically, emotionally, spiritually) Moments of serenity & reflection should be used as prep for tasks of everyday life. Searched for lived truths, ethical standards validated in everyday life, & virtues forged in life"s crucibles. Observe lives, efforts & experience of ppl around them. Look beyond questions & search for answers in form of rich, detailed stories of actual managers, their dilemmas & choices & consequences of their action. Important to reflect on meaning of particular decisions for managers.