Kegans Orders of Consciousness and Immunity to Change

Like the old saying goes, “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”, and if you believe in this saying you are going to understand my stance in this paper. My whole opinion of development can be summed up in these next few words. The extent of one’s development depends on the experiences they live, described by the cultural umbrella under which they are covered by. What determines how well a person develops is hard to explain because development means different things for different people, and the way or quality of life for everyone is not the same. There are uniquely diverse cultures in this world; each may have many different philosophies that govern their way of life. It is wrong to look at development through a single lens, like most scholars in the Western world do, not taking into consideration that the word “normal” has different meanings for everyone. As we can see in the movie, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” introduces us to the world of a six-year-old black girl name Hushpuppy that challenges the perception of what a normal development should be, for most. Hushpuppy resides with her father, Wink, in a rural part of Louisiana known to its inhabitants as “the Bathtub”.

I know that I cannot further allow myself to succumb to thinking about existential crises most of the time as it will complicate my every day functioning: I would look up to my room’s ceiling, pay no attention in class, respond rather absentmindedly to requests and questions. And yet, I verily think that it is significant to settle them first. There are still questions that I haven’t asked yet, albeit I see that the task is tiring. Sometimes, I will subconsciously burst into tears in the thought of having no specific direction in life, unlike the others who were oozing with perseverance and dedication in their chosen paths. Moreover, I wake up each day just to get through it, and for the next, and for the other next. There is no sense of purpose. The institutions – in the likes of my family, the University, and the society where I am situated – were constant in imposing their regulations and conventions on me, and how I am enraged that I seemed to be deprived of time to pause and think for myself. I feel fatigued of thinking that I cannot withdraw from such reality that I supposedly need to abide to the demands of my family, the University, and to the society. Hopefully, one day, I can find what I am most passionate about; what are my obligations, as a human, to the others and to myself; and especially, to find out when I can rest and hear these words of encouragement, “You’ve done great. Now, take a long

Studying the Constructive Development Theory (CDT) also provided a foundation to identify where I fit on the spectrum of adult development. Constructive developmental theory is an eye opening explanation of how people make meaning at different stages of consciousness. This theory identifies numerous areas of human development that an individual may be “subject to” or “hold object.” Each phase of development designates twelve specific factors that humans will use to make meaning from. Analyzing how a person’s meaning making or pinpointing the factors they are “subject to” or “hold object,” helps us to define an individual’s Order of Mind. Jennifer Garvey Berger (1999) explains in her guide, Key Concepts for Understanding the Work of Robert Kegan, that “things that are Subject are by definition experienced as unquestioned, simply part of self” (p. 2). For me, this concept revealed that I was subject to my behavior and attitude regarding my personal time management. I considered my lack of

In the given assignment of personal development as a strategic manager and a leader I am going to explain about the different strategic directions of an organisation. The given assignment also highlights different ways and procedures to evaluate the strategic skills that are required in order to achieve the required and targeted ambition or the goal of the organisation. Furthermore it also explains and asses the relationship between existing required skills and also explains the required future skills that are required by the organisation. In this assignment I am going to discuss the opportunities that support leadership development also constructing the development plan and implement all these things in the organisation.

These researches helped aspiring leaders with skills that could be transferred to current and future settings.

Development for the sake of progress is generally assumed to be good. However, the discourse on development has brought into play conventional thinking of development as a form of progress toward poorer regions of the world in order for capitalistic countries to enjoy economic and political wealth. These presuppositions are problematic in terms of how development is seen as a normative form of social evolution and instrumental in its’ need of intensifiers that state those regions are lacking. Development as a form of social change is destructive because it signifies there are issues waiting to be solved. Arturo Escobar states that development needs to rid itself of its discursive history because the very act of Western hegemonic forces helping third world countries reasserts the notion of its moral and cultural superiority in a supposedly post-colonial time.

The word ‘development’ has been an issue of great discussion in the media both in developing countries both in Africa and the world at large. The leaders of LDCs have for years been trying to change their countries for the better so as to bring them up to par with the developed countries of the world but can most developing countries can show, much of this effort has proved to be in vain as these countries are still struggling. These countries are in what is termed as the crisis of development which can be seen to be a result of two sets of factors; Internal and external factors. This paper is clearly going to identify and critically discuss both sets of factors of the crisis of development. Once this is done, the essay will move on to

These definitions have the appeal of appearing to reconcile the concerns of diverse constituencies -- above all the development and environmental communities (Lele 1991) -- but they raise at least as many questions as they answer. Is it possible to meet the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their needs? How does one define needs anyway? What determines carrying capacity, and how does it vary from place to place and over time? What is the relation between economic growth and development? What constitutes fairness? Let us sketch out tentative answers to some of these broad questions -- since those answers will partly shape our understanding of the environmental issues we want to address shortly in more detail -- starting with the meaning of development. We think development ought to be understood to mean progress toward alleviating the main ills that undermine human well-being. These ills are outlined in table 1-1 in terms of perverse conditions, driving forces, and underlying human frailties. (The problems at each of these levels are themselves diversely and often tightly interconnected.) The development process is then seen to entail improving the perverse circumstances by altering the driving forces, which in turn requires overcoming, to some extent, the underlying frailties. Sustainable development then

The term "Development" have been intermittently used to describe the effort to lift up the developing nations out of poverty and improve their livelihood. Development is a fondness for big goals and the big plans, however at the same time too rigid to predict what will work in the messy real world. The problem is, many development initiatives have gone wrong, and continue to. In fact, people who work in the various sectors of ‘development’ admit that on a whole development is not working. The reasons for their failure are numerous, ranging from, history, cultural, colonialists, religion, instability, corruption, racism, poor leadership, etc.

Measured in terms of aggregate growth rates, development has been a great success. But measured in terms of jobs, justice and the elimination of poverty, it has been a failure or only a partial success. These words are giving the holistic view of the theories which deals development with economic perspective only, so, it is noteworthy that development is not just the economic growth, it is above than that.

In this write-up, I examine the idea of development and briefly looked at its historical development until the age of neo-liberal and market propelled development we are current witnessing with a view to proposing directions for future development. As I do these, I will examine the of this importance development for Africa.

This paper is a result of the Development Research Group. It is a piece of a bigger exertion by the World Bank to give open access to its examination and make a commitment to development approach exchanges the world over. Approach Research Working Papers are additionally posted on the Web.

There is no set definition for development, but they mostly do agree that it revolves around improving a country’s living standards, economic growth, and human development. But the main definition of development used for this paper is given by Allen & Thomas (2000, p29) who state that there are three senses of the word “development”, one of them being “as consisting of deliberate efforts aimed at improvement on the part of various agencies, including governments, all kinds of organisations and social movements”. Development will be discussed from the viewpoint of international development policy and not from the broader sense of the word. This paper argues that modern international development policy is a tool that is used by mainly rich countries to further their own interests. The paper first briefly gives background information on the start of modern international development. The main body then explains some of the ways that international development policy is being used as a tool by rich donors e.g. as a ‘soft’ power to exert their influence, to promote national businesses, to slow the growth of developing countries, and to prevent the spread of other ideologies. The paper then counters three main criticisms of the argument, namely that rich countries are increasingly trying to provide less aid, that real gains in

This new approach of understanding development, known as human development, gives its due to conflict in explaining development -or the lack of it.

In Walter Rodney’s book he emphasizes the difference between development and underdevelopment. According to Rodney, development is defined as a many sided process involving individuals, social classes, and society as a whole. At the level of the individual it’s represented by increased skill, greater freedom, creativity, self-discipline, responsibility and material well-being. Rodney paid more attention to material well-being, freedom and skill at this individual representation. For Rodney the individual development is directly linked to the development of the state. For the second side of development, social class/group, Rodney states that development implies an increasing capacity to regulate both internal and external relationships. For the society as a whole, development shows how man has the ability to overcome downfalls and better their lives through making use of the earth’s resources available to him. In Rodney’s book, he points out how Africa fits into these definitions of development, but more so how they fit into the definition of underdevelopment.