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Practicing Pragmatism for Your Business

11/20/2019

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Every type of business needs a leader whose thought process must be followed. These leaders can be either pragmatic or idealistic. You can choose which approach you want to follow. Idealistic approaches could be great but at the end of the day, one could be burned out from being too idealistic. Typically, in businesses, the pragmatic approach seems more effective as opposed to the idealistic approach. There are times to be idealistic, but day to day business operations requires a more pragmatic approach. 
Pragmatism refers to being able to derive results using practical and logical actions. The main focus of this ideology is to get to the result and answer questions regarding how to get certain things done. There are certain ways how you can practice pragmatism for your business and how it’s beneficial for you.
How can you be pragmatic for your business?
  • Think of how certain things see or hear can be used in real life. Don’t just believe any idea you think of or which has been given by someone else. Test these ideas to practical situations that arise in business and figure out whether these can be used.
  • Derive practical solutions to problems by looking at historical data available. With examples used from the past years, you’ll be able to figure out the best solution for your problem. 
  • Research on other pragmatists and see how they run their businesses. You can improve your stance while trying to be more pragmatic. 
  • Be flexible when implementing these practical solutions as the times are changing. In this day and age, businesses need to be changing and be up to date all times. Your business should be flexible along with being practical.

Advantages of practicing pragmatism for your business
  • Lower Costs
​When working with a pragmatic mindset, you are set on increasing profits and making sure that your costs are being reduced. It’s easier to come up with a practical solution to your problems. The more complex your solutions are, the cost of implementing them is higher. Logical and straightforward solutions make it easy for you to reduce costs which would result in higher profits. 
  • Being Ahead of the Competition
While creating a practical solution for your problems, the pragmatism concept allows you to take into account all factors. These factors include your competition and how your decisions will enable you to be one step ahead of them. You can interpret your competitor’s moves and create something more suited to what your business requires. Pragmatism suggests that your focus is on results so you will be motivated to keep your competition at bay. 
  • Immediate Results and ActionsPracticing pragmatism for your business enables you to have a quick-fix to all your problems. These problems are answered using the most effective considerations which can be put to practice. This results in you taking immediate actions against these issues. It’s easier to deal with issues using the pragmatic approach. ​

Many people believe that pragmatism is not an effective approach to take on when conducting business. They might be right because a pragmatic approach is a system. It is a system to get things done while your idealism is used as motivation to get you there. 
References
https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2015/05/pragmatism-is-an-impractical-philosophy-for-business/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01732413
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1056492604268203
https://profitableandmoral.com/pragmatism-is-impractical-why-does-it-rule-in-business/
https://www.scribd.com/document/92736679/Pragmatism-and-Business-Ethics
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6/21/2021 10:07:23 pm

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6/21/2021 10:10:09 pm

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6/21/2021 10:25:46 pm

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10/26/2022 09:03:55 am

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