The Sky's the Limit: Organizational Musings from the Kite Flyer

Authors

  • Carolyn M. Shields University of Utah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v26i3.52281

Abstract

Using the analogy of kites and kite flying, the author muses about how to free organizations from many of the mundane and prescriptive aspects which encumber them. The kite represents, in somewhat whimsical fashion, our educational organizations; the kite flyer becomes associated with the organization's leaders. The analogy permits the author to play with some notions concerning organization, leadership, ambiguity, and paradox which may facilitate a fresh examination of organizational effectiveness. A holistic approach which combines reality and fantasy, powerful external factors with profound internal insights, is advocated in this paper.

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Published

2018-05-16

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (1992)

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