Intent of Business - Organizing for a More Sustainable Future

"Traditional precepts of economic and business practice rest upon a very limited view of both humankind and Nature. People are cast as the most intelligent animal destined to seek pleasure and avoid pain with the life-defining aim of maximizing one's material self-interest. While this worldview afforded tremendous wealth accumulation, it has led to a reality of exploitation wherein care and concern for human development and Nature are essentially non-existent--an unsustainable reality.This book explains that it need not be this way. A more developed understanding shows people are intelligent, self-aware, responsible, creative, self-initiating and meaning seeking beings. It is argued this must inform economics and business practice. To this end, Gregory Gull synthesizes insights from varied disciplines such as: physics, mythology, psychology, philosophy, statistics, and systems theory to re-think the very intent of business and its corresponding organizing and management principles. With this, our future will be sustainable and experiences meaningful. "--

Product details

• Authors: G Gull, G. Gull, Gregory Gull
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2013
• EAN: 9781137352071
• ISBN: 978-1-137-35207-1
• No. of pages: 209
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, B, Planning, Leadership, Human Resource Management, Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, Organizational theory & behaviour, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Humanities and Social Sciences, business strategy, Interdisciplinary studies, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel Management, Management science, Sustainability Management, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Business Strategy and Leadership, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, management;Personal;philosophy;statistics;systems theory