Would you please record '2010_30-32'
too?
Thank you so much. ^^
39.
Although a speech can be effective, all the words in the
world cannot measure up to the example of a leader,
especially in communicating new behaviors and values.
There is often no more effective way to help people
understand the message than to have it modeled for them by
the manager. Words can yield a variety of interpretations in
terms of the kind of behaviors people think they mean. But
a manager’s actions provide a clear model of exactly the
kind of behavior required. Managers who want people to
take a more team-based approach with their people, for
example, will almost certainly get better results by taking a
more team-based approach themselves rather than just by
making a speech on teamwork.
40.
Now, as always, cities are desperate to create the
impression that they lie at the center of something or other.
This idea of centrality may be locational, namely
that a city lies at the geographical center of England, Europe,
and so on. This draws on a well-established notion
that geographical centrality makes a place more accessible,
easing communication and communication costs. However, now that the economy is characterized more by the exchange of information than by hard goods, geographical centrality has been replaced by attempts to create a sense of cultural centrality.
Cultural centrality usually demonstrates itself as a cry that a
city is at the center of the action. This means that the city has an abundance of cultural activities, such as
restaurants, theater, ballet, music, sport, and scenery.
The suggestion is that people will want for nothing in this
city.
41.
Young children rarely think of their art as personal
property. Often they throw it away or give it away. This
suggests that much of the value of art for a child consists
in making it. Interestingly, art in tribal societies is
frequently abandoned after it has served its purpose. The
focus is on the magical, expressive, and social value of the
act of making. Some contemporary artists share this
feeling, but they are also caught up in the system of art
exhibition, the selling of their art, and the requirements of
an art market. This results in a tension in the art world that
is largely unresolved ― the tension between art as a
satisfying mode of expression and art as a precious
collectible object, between the experience of making and
the experience of owning.
