Humanistic management in practice

This book investigates into the principles of humanistic management and examines their throretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it is a collection of case examples of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable. ERNST VON KIMAKOWITZ is an independent professional, providing consulting,advisory, and coaching services in the corporate responsibility arena. He holds a PhD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he also teaches. MICHAEL PIRSON is an Assistant Professor at Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York, USA, as well as a research fellow and lecturer at Harvard University, USA. HEIKO SPITZECK is a Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral, Brazil. Previously he was a lecturer at Cranfield University´s Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility in the UK. CLAUS DIERKSMEIER is Associate Professor for philosophy at Stonehill College, Boston, USA, with a special interest in the theory of freedom and the history of liberal thought in Europe, North and South America. WOLFGANG AMMAN is the Director of executive education, open enrollment and custom programs at Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, Germany and teaches on a variety of strategy and governance topics. INDICE: 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 b 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 b 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 b 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 - '

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24632-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 21/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido