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Cont.
Organizational spirituality is a complex and simple concept to explain. There are so many lenses one can use to conceptualize the spiritual organization. These include:
– The spirit- the ultimate source of all energy inspiration to the organization.
-Organizational spirit- the organizational leadership, culture, values, norms, vision, and mission.
-Mind- Strategy, structure, roles and responsibilities or job description; policies, systems and procedures; skills and competencies
-Body- Financial and material resourcesA key point to make about organization spirituality is the systemic nature of the idea. Everything is connected to everything. The source of spirituality is the Spirit, and then it flows outwards to all parts of the organization. It is not possible, for example, to have a good spiritual organization when the organization has a ‘sick body’. It is not possible also to have an effective organization by working only on the ‘spirit of the organization’. It is important to remember that when the consciousness of the role of the Spirit is well applied, this has an enhancing effect on all the parts of the organization holistically.
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What resources do you derive the basis of spirituality? There’s so much new age non-sense going on, want to make sure I’m not falling into the same trap
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Organizational Consciousness
Organization Paremiology is based on the African worldview of Ubuntu – the African concept and philosophy of community and the essence of being human. The Ubuntu cosmos is holistic. It encompasses the material and the spiritual. The spiritual reality is accepted without question. It is believed the human being is a spiritual being. However, this consciousness is absent from the modern worldview we mostly work with. As a result, most people are unconscious of this fact of their spirituality.In Ubuntu thinking, a person becomes ‘spiritually conscious’ or ‘spiritually alive’ the day he or she discovers why they were put on earth. Spirituality relates closely to purpose. For some, this occurs spontaneously. For some, it is a gradual evolution which unfolds almost unconsciously. For others, it does not happen at all throughout all their life. They sleepwalk their way through life. The same is true for an organization.
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