Rediscovering Transcendence Behind VUCA and Technology

Hendrik Opdebeeck ()
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Hendrik Opdebeeck: University of Antwerp

A chapter in Managing VUCA Through Integrative Self-Management, 2017, pp 149-158 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter addresses how technology dominates the VUCA challenges and what lessons can be drawn from the teachings of JasperJasper , SloterdijkSloterdijk and HeideggerHeidegger for coping with VUCA. Volatility is expressed in the need for technological change and speed. Uncertainty as a lack of predictability is a central concern of technology. Complexity surrounding an institution is a constant technological challenge. Ambiguity characterizes the typical context of technology. The chapter furthermore addresses: what is wrong with our VUCA based technological development when employees feel alienated in their workplaces, experiencing a lack of meaning or spirit? In which way can we rediscover virtues like simplicitysimplicity , frugalityfrugality , empathy and interconnectednessinterconnectedness ?

Keywords: Mobile Telephone; Typical Context; Technological Artefact; Humanistic Education; Classical Philosophy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52231-9_10

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