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_: MANAGEMENT IS A LIBERAL ART.
Management is what tradition used to call liberal art - "liberal" because it deals with the fundamentals of knowledge, self-knowledge, wisdom, and leadership; "art" because it deals with practice and application. Managers draw upon all of the knowledge's and insights of the humanities and social sciences - on psychology and philosophy, on economics and history, on the physical sciences and ethics. But they have to focus this knowledge on effectiveness and results - on healing a sick patient, teaching a student, building a bridge, designing and selling a "user-friendly" software program.
ACTION POINT: What is your plan to develop yourself in the humanities and social sciences? Develop such a plant today.
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