Humanistic Management in Practice

2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-31951-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Reihe: Humanism in Business Series

An investigation into the principles of humanistic management which examines their threoretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it presents case studies of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kimakowitz, E. Von

Pirson, M.

Amann, W.

Spitzeck, H.

Dierksmeier, C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmenskommunikation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introducing This Book and Humanistic Management; Ernst Von Kimakowitz, Michael Pirson, Claus Dierksmeier, Heiko Spitzeck and Wolfgang Amann ABN AMRO REAL - A New Bank for a New Society; Patricia Palacios and Michael Pirson AES Corporation - Serving People and Society; Burcu Rodopman Humanistic Business via The Integral Enterprise The Case of Broad Air Conditioning, China; Alexander Schieffer and Ronnie Lessem bracNet: Bridging the Digital Divide - Covering Bangladesh with Wireless Broadband Access; Michael Pirson Cascades Inc. (1959-2009): Some Lessons from a Resilient Organization; Emmanuel Raufflet and Pierre Batellier Dialogue-Based Leadership Style as Part of Humanistic Organizational Cultures: The Case of DM in Germany; Wolfgang Amann and Shiban Khan Grameen Danone Foods - A Case of a Social Business Enterprise; Doris John Entrepreneurship, Humanistic Management and Business Turnaround: The Case of a Small Chinese Private Firm; Fang Lee Cooke Level Ground Trading Ltd - Fair Trade Coffee as a Front for Social Justice; Will Low and Eileen Davenport The Best Inputs for Maximizing Your Output: Humanistic Practices at Micromatic Grinding; Rakesh Kumar Agrawal Mondragon: Could Something Like This Be In Our Future?; Terry Mollner Novo Nordisk - Making a Difference in Diabetes Treatment; Patricia Palacios, Michael Pirson and Bradley H. Bader SEKEM - Humanistic Management in the Egyptian Desert; Clemens Mader, Gerald Steiner, Friedrich M. Zimmermann and Heiko Spitzeck What is Your Calling? SEMCO's Invitation to Participatory Management; Carlos Largacha-Martinez Triple Bottom Line Management at Sonae Sierra; Pedro Teixeira Santos, Miguel Pina e Cinha, Armenio Rego and Miguel Pereira Lopes Can Business and Humanism Go Together? The Case of the Tata Group with a Focus on Nano Plant; Radha R. Sharma and Shoma Mukherji TerraCycle - A Business Founded for Societal Benefit Generation; Heiko Spitzeck Wainwright Bank & Trust Case Study - Humanistic Management in Practice; Christine Arena Zipcar Incorporated: Do We Really Need to Own Our Automobiles?; Janet L. Rovenpor Concluding Remarks; Michael Pirson, Ernst Von Kimakowitz, Claus Dierksmeier, Heiko Spitzeck and Wolfgang Amann

Über Autor(innen)

is Distinguished Professor of Globalization Ethics at Stonehill College, Boston, Co-Director of the Sustainable Management and Measurement Institute (SUMMIT), and Board Director of The Humanistic Management Network. He has a special interest in the theory of freedom and the history of liberal thought in Europe, North and South America. He has published several books on legal, political, and religious philosophy and works currently on topics of globalization ethics and corporate social responsibility.