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Topic: responsibility
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natural language
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philosophy
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civilization and society
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commitment
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ethics
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legal issues
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managing people
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military and war
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private language argument for skepticism about meaning
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rules
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sociology
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trust
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vitalism, the soul
Summary
Responsibility is taking ownership of the future. If an adult is responsible for a child, the adult guarantees the child's safety and well-being. If something goes wrong, he or she will try to remedy the situation.Leadership is based on responsibility. A leader makes decisions, anticipates their consequences, and ensures their success.
Pitkin argues that knowing something implies responsibility for it being so. By accepting responsibility we rationalize the world.
Only a person can take responsibility. Systems can not accept responsibility because they can not respond to new situations, nor make committments. For example, a system can send email, but not guarantee that the email is acted upon. Systems should encourage round-trips. If the recipient replies to an email, we know about the email's effect. (cbb 7/06)
Subtopic: leadership based on responsibility
Quote: knowing something is neither infallible nor opinion; allows others to act and accept responsibility [»pitkHF_1972] Quote: knowing something implies responsibility for it being so; allows others to act on our knowledge Quote: after choosing a plan, the competent performer feels personally responsible for, and thus emotionally involved in, the outcome of that choice Quote: to assume RESPONSIBILITY is to take an ORGANIZATIONAL INTEREST in the ACTIONS performed by the ACTOR; must be a PERSON [»holtAW_1997]
Subtopic: computers do not make commitments or accept responsibility
Quote: Weber-Taylor school--solve problem of managing large groups by rules about breakdown of work, spans of control, authority and responsibility [»peteTJ_1982] Quote: answering "What is our business?" is the first responsibility of top management [»drucPF_1974] Quote: a leader orchestrates action and gives it meaning in terms of strategic directions [»peteTJ_1982]
Subtopic: mail system
Quote: responsibility is a key difference between people and systems; people are held responsible for their actions [»holtAW11_1966] Quote: a person takes responsibility, not a machine; e.g., if a pipe bursts while folding paper, a person will do something about the emergency [»holtAW_1997] Quote: computers are incapable of making commitments and hence cannot enter into language [»winoT_1986] Quote: a role must be fully explicable if a computer is to act in the role; roles of real, responsible people are not explicable [»holtAW_1979]
Quote: a mail system cannot guarantee that the recipient has taken responsibility for a message; leaves both sides uncertain about each other's state [»cashPM1_1980]
Group: natural language (16 topics, 539 quotes)
Group: philosophy (60 topics, 2323 quotes)Topic: civilization and society (20 items)
Topic: commitment (31 items)
Topic: ethics (46 items)
Topic: legal issues (22 items)
Topic: managing people (64 items)
Topic: military and war (36 items)
Topic: private language argument for skepticism about meaning (34 items)
Topic: rules (43 items)
Topic: sociology (11 items)
Topic: trust (21 items)
Topic: vitalism, the soul
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