INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 573 Amsterdam, June 18th, 2015 OVERCOMING THE LAZY-MAN'S GUIDE TO INTEGRAL THEORY AND PRACTICE WITH JUSTICE - JOE CORBETT For those who think I have a misunderstanding of justice because justice is an aspect of the Good, let me show you why it is you who is mistaken. Justice as a community (or individual) defines it, this way or that, is not Justice at all, but rather is indeed the communities (individuals) definition of the good/not good. However this is to be distinguished from Justice as an archetypal category in and of itself, which is an interobjectively measurable value of power and influence between the parts of a system (law, politics, economics, military strategy, gender class and ethnic relations, etc.). Hence, the real justice of our system is plutocracy and debt-servitude, not to mention racism and sexism, whereas democracy and liberty and equality is the imaginary ideology of the bourgeoisie. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/corbett32.html APPLYING THE AQAL MODEL TO CHOOSING, TRAINING AND APPRAISING ORGANISATIONAL MANAGERS - HELEN DAVIS Some of you may recall a recent essay which I submitted to this website entitled 'The Managers We Deserve'. Along with details about how I had applied the AQAL model to the topic of management capabilities and the consequent results, there was much in there about management generally, which may not have been of any particular interest to readers. I have therefore summarised that essay, concentrating purely on the aspects that may be of interest to Integralists. This is what follows: In the course of carrying out research into improving the effectiveness of organisational management in the UK, I investigated the way in which organisations choose the 'capabilities' they require their managers to have; 'capabilities' consisting of knowledge (know-how, know-what, know-why), skills, attitudes and types of behaviours. As a result I applied the AQAL model to the whole subject, comparing the results with advice given in the existing academic and professional literature. The outcomes suggest that organisations could be approaching the topic more effectively. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/davis2.html