“Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that this political force is a by-product of the purely industrial activities that unions regard as their major function.” LittlesPoliticalForceDoubtProductsActivityMajorsLaborFunctionRegardUnionsSignificantLabor Union Book:THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION Source: THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION
“There is too great a tendency (perhaps encouraged by popular journalism) to deal with the dramatic moments, forgetting that these are not always the most significant moments. ... To find the significant rather than the dramatic features of industrial controversy, of a disagreement in regard to policy on board of directors or between managers, is essential to integrative business policies.” MomentsForgetDealsBusinessPolicyDirectorsEssentialsRegardSignificantTendenciesJournalismManagersFeaturesBoardsDramaticControversyDisagreementBoard Of DirectorsSignificant Moments Book:Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s Source: Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s
“The most significant moment will be when we stop referring to the hiring of qualified women (and racial, ethnic and religious minorities) as significant. In other words, when qualified people are hired without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, religious or other differentiating characteristics, that will be the most significant, indeed momentous, event of all.” PeopleMomentsReligiousRaceEventsRegardGenderSignificantCharacteristicsMinoritiesQualifiedHiringReferringEthnicitySignificant Moments Author:Amy Trask
“I am flattered that Bob Carter should ask me to launch what I think is a significant new book on climate change. I have developed a very high regard for Bob in the years that I have known him. He has been a terrific and leading voice in combatting the scare mongering that we have all been subjected to on the theory of anthropogenic global warming.” ThinkingShouldYearsHas BeensBookAsksVoiceKnownTheoryRegardClimateClimate ChangeSignificantAsk MeGlobal WarmingScareBobTerrificCarterNew BooksFlattered Author:Nick Minchin
“The truth of the matter is there is significant debate among judicial scholars today as to whether or not we've gone off on the wrong path with regard to Supreme Court decisions.” MatterTodayDecisionGonePathRegardCourtDebateSupremeSignificantScholarSupreme CourtJudicialWrong PathCourt Decision Author:Joe Biden
“It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.” ThinkingDoeProblemSeemsPassionCreativityCreativeSafeDiscoveryRegardSignificantThinkerProblem SolvingCreative ThinkingLukewarm Author:Mary Henle
“Jesus picked up the conversation. "As the crowning glory of creation, you were made in Our image, unencumbered by structure and free to simply 'be' in relationship with Me and one another. If you had trully learned to regard one another's concerns as significant as your own, there would be no need for hierarchy.” IfsNeedsMadeWould BeJesusCreationConversationGloryConcernRegardStructureSignificantHierarchyCrowning Glory Author:William P. Young