The Big Other n. the entity or entities that governs moral action by humans. The voice in your head that represents the judgement of “what society would think” that keeps you from doing reprehensible things. In a faith-based context, God might be the big other that motivates… Why Stephen didn’t run over the guy who… Continue reading Big Other (the)
Author: Michael Arnold Mages
Time span of discretion
The level of responsibility an employee has within an organization might be understood as the time-span of discretion. An assembly-line worker has a day-to-day responsibility of performing their tasks efficiently, establishing collegial relations with their co-workers, learning new tasks. A Corporate Executive has a quarterly, yearly, and long-term responsibility to guide the growth of the… Continue reading Time span of discretion