Background
Baum, Bernard Helmut was born on April 18, 1926 in Giessen, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1934. Son of Theodor and Beatrice (Klee) Baum.
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What is the nature and role of dignity in organizations? Why do managers, professionals, employees, clients, and patients identify with the idea that organizations universally violate their dignity? What can we learn from taking a close look at what participants in organizations feel about their sense of worth? Why should we care? Based on hundreds of interviews, this volume answers such questions. For example, how significant is this screaming of the protagonist in "Network." "I'm mad as hell, and I won't take it anymore." But he does-day in, day out-adapting to the abuse and eroding the emotional well-being of his personality. Dignity is an understudied concept in organizational research, as is fear, a correlate of indignity. This work shows how managers feel free to denigrate dignity by virtue of the authority vested in their position and by the impersonality of the organization. For example, the reference to management persons as "they" or "management." The volume begins with an academic approach to the issue of dignity in organizations. But the best academic work should result in actual practice. That is how this book views it. The book blends fieldwork and theory. It is a theoretically driven study of the nature of dignity in organizations and its role in the life of participants in organizations. Finally, the volume concludes with concrete approaches to promoting dignity and dignifying strategies in the organization.
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Baum, Bernard Helmut was born on April 18, 1926 in Giessen, Germany. Arrived in the United States, 1933, naturalized, 1934. Son of Theodor and Beatrice (Klee) Baum.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1948; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1959.
Qualifications rating examiner, board adviser United States Civil Service Commission, Chicago, 1952-1954. Instructor human relations, psychology Chicago Police Officers' College Education Program, 1955-1959. Director organizational analysis CNA Financial Corporation Insurance, 1960-1966.
Associate professor management and sociology University Illinois, 1966-1969, associate dean College Business Administration, 1967-1968, professor management and sociology, 1969—2002, professor management and sociology emeritus, from 2002, professor health policy and administration School Public Health, 1973—2002, professor emeritus, from 2002, director health policy and administration School Public Health, 1977-1992. Lecturer Roosevelt University, 1955—1966, University Chicago, 1961—1968, Northwestern University, 1968—1970, University Colorado, 1971—1976. Member speaker's bureau Adult Education Council Greater Chicago, 1963—1976.
Team leader joint evaluation mission United Nations development program World Health Organization primary health care and health management development projects in South Pacific, 1985. Visiting scholar Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 1988. With Army of the United States, 1944-1946, brigadier general Illinois Army National Guard, retired.
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Board of directors Selfhelp Home for Aged, Chicago With Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Brigadier general Illinois Army National Guard, retired. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Sociological Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Academy.Mgmt., American Public Health Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Barbara B. Eisendrath, June 13,1953. Children: David Michael, Jonathan Klee, Victoria Lucille, LisaBaum Kritz.