These are capabilities associated with well-being, contentment, success, peacefulness, satisfaction, enabling the individual to achieve a state of being that is holistic in nature. are skills that make a difference in the human being, which mirror their conduct and performance. They are competences that connect the parts in a single whole and spiritual capital is considered as the most sublime capital for personal and social development because it allows to see reality without ‘eyes’ and allows to feel the society with the domain of the soul. Spirituality is a path for the humanization of the economy and a strategic variable for the diffusion of humanizing values in society. Here, solidarity, love, respect for others, joy, harmony, humanity, among others, are spiritual values and dynamic skills for the new economy. Spirituality is a window of opportunity for the differentiation of performances and organizations in the competitive market. It allows to identify the purposes of the organizations and makes the citizen and the institutions aware of the fact that they do not live in isolation. It also emphasizes that the human factor is composed simultaneously of the body, spirit and soul, regardless of function and geographical location. Therefore, spirituality is a feeling that unites the universe in its totality. It is a sentiment that comes from within the individual and goes far beyond the survival instincts of the mind. Therefore, as spirituality is connection and interactivity, it is a way for the transformation of organizations through feelings. Thus, in the business world, spirituality translates into improvements in integrity, motivation, and satisfaction. It considers it imperative that a set of values, such as honesty, interiority and creativity be a constant in corporate governance. It allows to raise the degrees of freedom of the worker and makes him surrender with a feeling of authenticity, commitment and joy to the work, which improves the individual, group and organizational performance.
Published in Chapter:
Service Learning: The Essence of Social Inclusivity Through Transformational Education
Ana Martins (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Orlando Petiz Pereira (University of Minho, Portugal), and Isabel Martins (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6301-3.ch005
Abstract
The chapter highlights the endogenous strengths that humans have of exposing society to sustainable change. At birth, humans bring with them a triptych code including, the social, emotional and spiritual, that needs to be further developed. Those non-cognitive skills that schooling should instill are possible via service learning education. Through education, individual citizens are enthused with harmonious cognitive and non-cognitive skills which are positive, inclusive, humane, in harmony with life and circumstances. In the current complex and uncertain economy, this education model is directed at social responsibility, social innovation, citizenship, personal and social commitment. Being holistic, multi-focused and dynamic, it brings together learning, service and the economy. This learning- teaching model aligns with an intellectual and humanized society; entails two simultaneous objectives, pedagogical and community collaboration; focuses on real circumstances, deals with community-identified needs, solidarity, cooperation, harmony and commitment.