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One of my graduate students David Matta is doing his thesis research on
greatness. The first part of his thesis is to get nomination of great men
and women from different professions in different countries. Therefore, I
hope that members of this listserv will help us out. I am sure that you can
think of some great men and women in management, educatin or politics. Thank
you for your cooperation.


Project on Greatness

Dear Colleagues:

Every generation needs its heroes. In this project, we (Dr. Paul
Wong and Mr. David Matta) plan to study great men and women who are still
alive and active in our midst. However, we could not complete this project
without your help. If you believe that what we are doing is worthwhile,
please spend a few minutes to nominate 3 individuals considered by you as
having achieved greatness either in your profession or in other fields, and
whose life and work has had worldwide ramifications and a global impact.

The following is a set of characteristics of greatness based on our
review of the literature. (Feel free to use your own criteria. However, if
you do, please use a few descriptives or statements to indicate the criteria
for your nominations.)

1. Having made outstanding accomplishments in a given field.
2. Having achieved great distinctions after overcoming many obstacles.
3. Demonstrating exceptional intelligence, talents, and abilities.
4. Demonstrating exceptional character and virtues, such as integrity,
kindness, courage and humility.
5. Having made a significant difference to humanity.
6. Being able to function optimally and live fully.
7. Being a visionary leader, demonstrating creativity and insight.
8. Possessing a great ability to communicate and influence others.
9. Having achieved emotional maturity and personal soundness.
10. Being a person of deep convictions, religious or moral.


Please give those names, starting with the "greatest" one according to your
opinion. After each nomination, in one or two sentences give reasons for
your choice. Thank you very much for participating.

1.





2.





3.






Please also complete the following information:

Gender: Profession or discipline:


Ethnicity/race: Country of residence:


After you have completed the above, please return the completed page to
davematta@hotmail.com. After results have been recorded all email addresses
and names will be deleted to ensure anonymity and confidentialtiy.

This is the first phase of our project. After compiling a list of
nominations, we will then seek to interview some of these global figures.
If you are interested in the results of this project, please visit
www.meaning.ca two or three months later.

Thank You,
Dr. Paul T. P. Wong & Mr. David Matta
Trinity Western University

From: Tony Nolan [mailto:Tony.Nolan@uts.edu.au]


G'Day

I would have thought that an indicator of being recognized by a persons
peers / community or government would also be appropriate.

One question, for my interest.

I noticed the use of the term Gender and not the term of Sex. I can
understand the where biological characteristic would be an interesting
point of distinction. But not that of sexual preference, is this study
intending to go further than the biological classification and list these
people or their attributes against one of the seven genders as well ?

I am interesting in this, because a lot of my work is developing profiles
for business / intelligence purposes. Any work that is helpful in this area
is very interesting, and such techniques I think will become part of an
Management Education focus and business activity.

Warm Regards
Tony Nolan OAM JP


At 03:17 18/04/02 -0700, you wrote:
>One of my graduate students David Matta is doing his thesis research on
>greatness. The first part of his thesis is to get nomination of great men
>and women from different professions in different countries. Therefore, I
>hope that members of this listserv will help us out. I am sure that you can
>think of some great men and women in management, educatin or politics.
Thank
>you for your cooperation.
>
>
>Project on Greatness
>
>1. Having made outstanding accomplishments in a given field.
>2. Having achieved great distinctions after overcoming many obstacles.
>3. Demonstrating exceptional intelligence, talents, and abilities.
>4. Demonstrating exceptional character and virtues, such as integrity,
>kindness, courage and humility.
>5. Having made a significant difference to humanity.
>6. Being able to function optimally and live fully.
>7. Being a visionary leader, demonstrating creativity and insight.
>8. Possessing a great ability to communicate and influence others.
>9. Having achieved emotional maturity and personal soundness.
>10. Being a person of deep convictions, religious or moral.



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