{"id":152,"date":"2009-01-26T09:04:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sabusense.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2009-02-11T07:26:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T15:26:42","slug":"new-understanding-a-needed-role-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.sabusense.com\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"New Understanding: A needed Role map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regardless of the “sector” we work in, when we go to work each day we encounter a tension between the “job” we were hired and are held accountable for, and the “role” that in-the-moment conditions call for.\u00a0 Most powerful is that latter requirement because the roles we play at work are defined not only by that system of forces to which we must respond, but also by our internal values, strengths and commitments. What we want<\/em> to do.<\/p>\n

In schooling, everyone gets caught in the seemingly-opposing pulls of these two needs \u2013 teachers, board members, principals and district leaders.\u00a0 The way we have understood the problem has limited our solutions to ways that align to the job standards of individuals<\/em>, not to the roles the system’s<\/em> performance requires regardless of who is in them.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, organization charts display jobs<\/em>, not the roles the people in it must responsively fill if the system<\/em> is to do its<\/em> job.\u00a0 Here’s how the lens can support thinking about a more natural alignment of the “jobs” required to support the system “roles” that must be played regardless of who is in them.<\/p>\n

With brains and minds pre-programmed to seek meaning<\/em>, two forms of meaning must be taken into account \u2013 personal and organizational<\/em> \u2013 and how together<\/strong> they influence each individual action.<\/p>\n

Personal meaning<\/strong>
\nWhen thinking about the personal meaning<\/em> of actions by individuals and organizations, each circle represents a mindset<\/em> within which one continually determines how to make a difference<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Organizational meaning<\/strong>
\nWhen the shell is used to think about the systemic meaning of decisions we are now looking through the lens of a role map<\/strong>. We see people\u2019s functional roles<\/strong> in the system as opposed to their individual jobs<\/strong>. These are roles that must<\/strong> be performed regardless of who is in the job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Organizational<\/a><\/p>\n