Integral learning : a new look at management development in public administration
By: NEAL, Judith A.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, March 2008International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 31, 4, p. 372-395Abstract: Based on Wilber (1996, 2000), this article argues that it is important to educate leaders in public administration positions through helping them to:Abstract: 1. increase their physical well-being through exercise and nutrition,Abstract: 2. enhance their mental abilities through traditional learning and through increasing awareness about how the mind works,Abstract: 3. nourish their emotional well-being through understanding the importance of emotional intelligence and their own emotional patterns, andAbstract: 4. develop their spiritual well-being through an understanding of their core values and their sense of purpose in life.Abstract: Using examples from management education in the corporate world, the non-profit world, and academia, an integral approach is proposed for management education in public administrationBased on Wilber (1996, 2000), this article argues that it is important to educate leaders in public administration positions through helping them to:
1. increase their physical well-being through exercise and nutrition,
2. enhance their mental abilities through traditional learning and through increasing awareness about how the mind works,
3. nourish their emotional well-being through understanding the importance of emotional intelligence and their own emotional patterns, and
4. develop their spiritual well-being through an understanding of their core values and their sense of purpose in life.
Using examples from management education in the corporate world, the non-profit world, and academia, an integral approach is proposed for management education in public administration
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