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Nov 7, 2018 · Distinguished scholar of Christianity Elaine Pagels sets out to explain why religion is still around today, through the lens of her lived tragedies — the deaths of her son and husband 30 years...
- Tom Gjelten
- Racial Equality Efforts
- Changing Gender Roles
- Religious Development
- Internationalization
In 1900, W. E. B. Du Bois declared that “the world problem of the twentieth century is the prob- lem of the color line,” and his analysis has stood the test of time. The vast majority of inhabitants in colonies controlled by the white nations of Europe and America were people of color. They received varying degrees of civil and social rights, depen...
Before 1914, the Western world held few professional opportunities for women. Most educated women were relegated to childrearing, nursing, or teaching, while working-class women had long been employed in domestic work or light industry. The fight for female suffrage in the West saw its first successes in New Zealand, Australia, and Finland at the t...
Traditional religious devotion declined in much of the developed world during the twentieth century, leading to a rise in secular agnosticism and humanism, as well as liberal Christianity and Judaism. New forms of spirituality also developed from blending Eastern and Western traditions. Liberation theology in Latin America reinterpreted Catholicism...
As the world becomes more and more connected, distinctions and barriers between cultures have become blurred and weakened. Western entertainment companies (in particular movie and music producers) have spread worldwide, carrying Western cultural ideas along with them. American brands like McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Kentucky Fried Chicken can be fou...
Mar 1, 2001 · To help you keep pace, we've looked at five technologies that are driving change in business and in everyday life. BROADBAND Many of today's homes are crawling along, whether they know it or not, in what will be deemed the dark ages once broadband technologies--cable and DSL--get up to speed.
The world has not reached that new millennium. Some grand predictions became a reality but much of the progress automatically assumed and the century's onset was lost in the spiraling carnage of war and hatred unleashed for the first time on a global scale in 1914.
Nov 20, 2013 · This chapter presents and discusses organisational leadership from a historical and theoretical perspective to identify issues and challenges for leadership going forward into the twenty-first century. Leadership and management theory, the global context, changing...
- Tom Stehlik, Tom Short, Janene Piip
- 2014
Apr 10, 2019 · If organizations want leadership that is ready for the 21st century, they should first look at their own attributes to create the type of environment that will give rise to leaders’ success. Transparency, internal collaboration, and performance management are good places to start that process.
Leaders of the 21st-century organization have a monumental challenge awaiting them and a wealth of self-enriching and fulfilling opportunities. The challenge and rewards awaiting effective leaders are awesome!
