By: Garfield Harvey on October 21, 2016
In 1969, Ronald Reagan signed the “No-Fault Divorce” bill, which gave people the opportunity to divorce their spouses for any reason. We should note that his wife had applied in 1948 for a divorce, but the judge rejected it. Divorce before 1969 required two things: 1) both parties would have to show up to a…
By: Aaron Cole on October 20, 2016
Summary: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States by Albert O. Hirschman is an academic approach to the movement of people with given systems. Hirschman begins the book with his basic belief: “Under any economic, social, or political sysetem, individuals, business firms, and organizations in general are subject to lapses…
By: Phil Goldsberry on October 20, 2016
Introduction People come and people go. The choice is how they go and when they leave. In church ministry, as well as in the corporate world, this revolving door seems to have moments when it spins uncontrollably. The challenge is how do you mitigate the revolving door? Albert Hirschman in his work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: …
By: Kristin Hamilton on October 20, 2016
Maybe I shouldn’t have waited to post until after last night’s presidential debate. I had one post almost completely written yesterday, but had to scrap it and start over after watching the debate. In my original post I mentioned a couple of questions I had about Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools by Paul and Elder,…
By: Aaron Peterson on October 20, 2016
What do you do when you experience a disappointment in something? Hirschman answers that question in his famous 1970 work, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Humans tend to leave an organization or speak up and attempt to change an organization when we think things are not working the way they should. The invisible hand, or context…
By: Marc Andresen on October 20, 2016
Calvin Presbyterian Church of Corvallis Oregon is a textbook case study in Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Albert O. Hirschman wrote Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States as a study of businesses and organizations, and what happens when the quality of the products or of the organization itself decline. He…
By: Claire Appiah on October 20, 2016
Albert Hirschman—Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States Summary In this work, the late Albert Hirschman expounds, “Under any economic, social, or political system, individuals, business firms, and organizations in general are subject to lapses from efficient, rational, law-abiding, virtuous, or otherwise functional behavior.”[1] These lapses occur regardless of the…
By: Mary Walker on October 20, 2016
Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools, Richard Paul & Linda Elder “If we want critical societies we must create them.” (Paul and Elder, p. 23) “Critical thinking” is a term we hear frequently these days as a form of training which will herald a new day in mass schooling. It certainly will, if it ever happens.…
By: Stu Cocanougher on October 20, 2016
Egocentric thinking results from the unfortunate fact that humans do not naturally consider the rights and needs of others…We do not naturally recognize our egocentric assumptions, the egocentric way we use information, the egocentric way we interpret data, the source of our egocentric concepts and ideas, the implications of our egocentric thought. We do not…
By: Geoff Lee on October 20, 2016
A miniature guide to critical thinking This is what you might refer to as “short and sweet”, bringing with it the gift of succinctness to some busy demon students, which is more than welcome in my world. Because of its brevity, it is a fairly dense little book, which will serve as a good point…
By: Chip Stapleton on October 20, 2016
The short text by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, might be quickly dismissed as ‘just’ an introductory tome – another one to go in our ‘toolkit’ and definitely keep for reference, but – like an encyclopedia – useful, but not really all that important. I actually think this would…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on October 19, 2016
Politics, religion, and money are the three taboo subjects to discuss at a party. Reason being? No one thinks critically or fairly about any of those subjects because the passion for their view often replaces all reason. Elder says, “Fairness implies the treating of all relevant viewpoints alike without reference to one’s own feelings or…
By: Katy Drage Lines on October 19, 2016
Having skimmed a few times through our brief reading this week, I decided to take an experimental approach and frame my essay as a practice in critical thinking. Thus, I pondered a question that emerged as I read our material, and use that initial question to walk through the process introduced by Elder and Paul…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on October 19, 2016
When I first began to read the book Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools by Dr. Linda Elder it did not really peak my interest as the books we had read prior to this one. As I was reading the book, my mother happened to call me. When asked what was I doing? I…
By: Rose Anding on October 19, 2016
FORWORD Michael Gecan, of the New York Daily News These words were displayed above this photos of an headline story: Exit, loyalty and voice: A frame to understand the appeal of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton by Michael Gecan, of the New York Daily News on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 5:01…
By: Lynda Gittens on October 19, 2016
Imagine going to your favorite store where you know where everything in the store is and now they have changed the floor plan OR your go to your favorite eating place for your usual meal and the menu has been rearranged and it was difficult to find your usual meal. I had the same experience…
By: Jim Sabella on October 18, 2016
In the last 50 years, the speed of change has progressed exponentially. We have seen technology change, and we’ve seen world view changes—both in rapid progression. I’ve heard it said that my generation is the only generation who has seen and lived through the major technological advances of all time. However, technology is not the…
By: Pablo Morales on October 14, 2016
SUMMARY Edwin Friedman writes A Failure of Nerve after 40 years of experience as a family therapist and leadership consultant. His views on leadership are shaped by an evolutionistic perspective as well as by his experience working with a diversity of people from all cultural backgrounds and positions, including families, businesses, or non-profit organizations. He…
By: Phil Goldsberry on October 13, 2016
Introduction Some books inspire. Some books are merely entertainment. But every so often you pick up a book that speaks directly to your soul. When reading A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, I thought my highlighter would run dry. Author and lecturer, the late Edwin H. Friedman (passed away…
By: Kristin Hamilton on October 13, 2016
I have a confession: I LOVE to research and take notes, and I may have a little crush on Professor Derek Rowntree. Professor Rowntree made my week with two simple ideas: 1) the ideal of the Super Student is a myth (Kindle Locations 313-315), and 2) every author is, essentially, trying to sell…
