Post-Materialist Business - Spiritual Value-Orientation in Renewing Management

Informationen zum Autor Laszlo Zsolnai is Professor and Director of the Business Ethics Center, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Laszlo is also president of the European SPES Institute in Leuven, Belgium and serves as chairman of the Business Ethics Faculty Group of the CEMS  - The Global Alliance in Management Education. Klappentext Post-Materialist Business presents a spiritual-based approach to business and management. It uses pluralistic view of spirituality and provides a number of inspiring cases of alternative organizations which go beyond the materialistic mindset of business and serve the common good of society, nature, and future generations. Zusammenfassung Post-Materialist Business presents a spiritual-based approach to business and management. It uses pluralistic view of spirituality and provides a number of inspiring cases of alternative organizations which go beyond the materialistic mindset of business and serve the common good of society! nature! and future generations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements List of Tables 1. The Fallacy of Materialistic Management 1.1. Malfunctioning Business 1.2. The Flaws of Rationality 1.3. Problems with the Profit-principle 2. The Promise of Spiritual-based Management 2.1. Spiritually and Business 2.2. Human Reason in Economic Action 2.3. The Laws of Economizing 3. Post-materialistic Business Models 3.1. Illy Café 3.2. Focolare Enterprises 3.3. Slow Food 3.4. Triodos Bank 3.5. Community-supported Agriculture 3.6. Fair Trade 3.7. Seventh Generations 3.8. SEKEM 3.9. Graeman Bank 3.10. Organic India 3.11. Aravind Eye Care 3.12. Greyston Bakery 3.13. Discussion of the Business Models 4. Conclusion References

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• Autori: Laaszlao Zsolnai, Laszlo Zsolnai, László Zsolnai
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137525963
• ISBN: 978-1-137-52596-3
• Pagine: 100
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Management, C, Leadership, Business Strategy/Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business ethics & social responsibility, International business, business strategy, Business Ethics, Management science, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, International business enterprises, Business Strategy and Leadership, Corporate Environmental Management, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Management and management techniques, business;Fair Trade;management;organization