In its modern big business sense we associate such corporations with global scope, unlimited growth, huge financial profit, and heavy political power. Positively the big business model emphasizes growth, gains, accountability, efficiency, promotion, sales, and profit. Negatively, it is so task oriented that human beings often fill task slots. Personnel departments rarely invent creative jobs for unique individuals. The dollar dictates not only financial direction but also moral decisions.
Human needs go unmet, unfulfilled and unexpressed.
This model cannot deal with death or dying, or, for that matter, with retirement, illness or depression. Unfortunately, this is the model which was most consciously promoted as a model of parish life in the recent past. In my observation, good family systems are among the best we know. Bad family systems are among the worst. In families, feelings run high, both positive and negative.