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A Monk in the Works What does  The Rule of Benedict  teach us about working and living in modern organizations? Presentation by Sister Edith Bogue, O.S.B. for the Oblates of Saint Scholastica Monastery in Duluth MN. 13 April 2008
The Unseen Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
The Iron Cage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
 
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
 
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
 
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
Bureaucracies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*From Max Weber,  Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft , part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.
Translating  The Rule   to organizational life
Rank: RB Chapter 63 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Impossible Tasks:  Chapter 68 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Defending Another:  RB Chapter 69 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Voice: Ch 3, Ch 61, Ch 67 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How does  The Rule  change us inside our organizations? How do we change our organizations as Benedictines?

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A Monk in the Works

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