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. "--

List of contents

1. A Historical Perspective 2. Practicing The Philosophy 3. The Effects Are Personal 4. On Being Human 5. Prelude to Change 6. The Essential Changes 7. An Energic Perspective 8. Organizing Managing for Viability

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