| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | Harmony theory : positive organisation with philosophical foundations |
| Authors: | Zirkler, Michael |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4 |
| Published in: | Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World |
| Editors of the parent work: | Chetri, Saamdu Dutta, Tanusree Mandal, Manas Kumar Patnaik, Priyadarshi |
| Page(s): | 71 |
| Pages to: | 95 |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Singapore |
| ISBN: | 978-981-99-2636-7 978-981-99-2637-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Social entropy; Happiness and well-being; Positive organisation; Harmony theory; Glücksforschung |
| Subject (DDC): | 150: Psychology |
| Abstract: | This paper attempts to develop the concept of positive organisation by exploring the key concept of the ‘positive’ from a philosophical perspective and by linking it to a new concept, “social entropy” for sustainability and the challenges it poses. Understanding the term ‘positive’ requires an understanding of key distinctions people make to describe their world. Thus, the concepts and notions of positive and negative are discussed on a philosophical level, illustrated with diverse examples from the literature, and finally related to the context of work and organisations as the concept of “social entropy” is introduced, which, in turn, leads to considerations of social sustainability. The pivotal meaning of interrelation and recursion, the dialectic interconnectedness, is highlighted to explain the emergence of a position such as the ‘positive.’ Happiness and Well-being are distinguished according to Seligman’s understanding of Positive Psychology, and the related PERMA model is discussed. In the framework of the above concepts, essential aspects of a Positive Organisation are presented, from which derives a theory of harmony in the sense of balancing between the dialectics of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ The emergence of order in social systems as well as the role of leadership in achieving happiness and well-being in organisations are eventually discussed. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28579 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Applied Psychology |
| Organisational Unit: | Psychological Institute (PI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie |
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Zirkler, M. (2023). Harmony theory : positive organisation with philosophical foundations. In S. Chetri, T. Dutta, M. K. Mandal, & P. Patnaik (Eds.), Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World (pp. 71–95). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4
Zirkler, M. (2023) ‘Harmony theory : positive organisation with philosophical foundations’, in S. Chetri et al. (eds) Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World. Singapore: Springer, pp. 71–95. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4.
M. Zirkler, “Harmony theory : positive organisation with philosophical foundations,” in Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World, S. Chetri, T. Dutta, M. K. Mandal, and P. Patnaik, Eds. Singapore: Springer, 2023, pp. 71–95. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4.
ZIRKLER, Michael, 2023. Harmony theory : positive organisation with philosophical foundations. In: Saamdu CHETRI, Tanusree DUTTA, Manas Kumar MANDAL und Priyadarshi PATNAIK (Hrsg.), Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from Around the World. Singapore: Springer. S. 71–95. ISBN 978-981-99-2636-7
Zirkler, Michael. 2023. “Harmony Theory : Positive Organisation with Philosophical Foundations.” In Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from around the World, edited by Saamdu Chetri, Tanusree Dutta, Manas Kumar Mandal, and Priyadarshi Patnaik, 71–95. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4.
Zirkler, Michael. “Harmony Theory : Positive Organisation with Philosophical Foundations.” Handbook of Happiness : Reflections and Praxis from around the World, edited by Saamdu Chetri et al., Springer, 2023, pp. 71–95, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2637-4_4.
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