The critique of management : toward a philosophy and ethics of business management / Vincent Blok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blok, Vincent, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management--Philosophy.

Industrial management.

Management--Philosophy.

Management.

Business ethics.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

"This book reflects on the nature of business management to contribute to the development of a philosophy and ethics of management. It engages in conceptual engineering of management to delineate the phenomenon of management and, as a result, to open a new perspective on management beyond its self-evident conceptualization. After questioning the self-evident concept of management, the author develops a philosophy of management with six dimensions of the nature of management: management as participation; management as resistance and responsive action; management as constitution of meaning; management as politico-economic governance; management as non-reductive stakeholder engagement; and management as epistemic insufficient entrepreneurship. These six dimensions of management are taken as points of departure to develop an integrated concept of business ethics, an individual competence for ethical business management, and a concept of ethical codes for corporate social responsible behavior. This new conception of philosophy of management and business ethics can guide future philosophical and empirical work on the nature of management. The Critique of Management is an excellent resource for researchers, students, and professionals interested in philosophy of management, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Endorsements

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 What Is Management?

2 Research Questions, Task, and Main Contributions of This Study

3 Design of the Study

Notes

1. Setting the Scene: Opening Up the Self-evident Concept of Management

4 Xenophon's Philosophy of Management

Establishment and Governance of a Functioning Order of the Business in Order to Make Profit

Establishment and Governance of a Functioning Order of the Business in order to Evoke Public Admiration

Establishment and Governance of a Functioning Order of the Business to Serve Both Private and Public Interests

Engagement in the Business Operations via Direct Labour

Engagement in the Business Operations via the Work Done by Other People

Training and Teaching of Employees and Middle Managers

Acknowledgement of the Fundamental Limitations of Management and the Role of Risk and Misforture

Proper Asset Management in order to Increase Profit and Pleasure

Proper Asset Management in order to Serve Society

5 Key Requirements of Business Managers According to Xenophon

Knowledge Involved in Management Practices

Skills Involved in Management Practices

Virtues Involved in Business Management

6 Questioning the Self-evident Conceptualization of Management from the Perspective of Xenophon's Philosophy of Management

Management for Profit

Management as Managerial Power

Management as Mechanism of Control

7 Questioning the Self-evident Conceptualization of Management from the Perspective of the Grand Challenges of Our Time

Management as Establishment and Governance of a Functioning Order

People Management

Management as Entrepreneurial Action

Key Knowledge, Skills, and Virtues of the Business Manager

Conclusion

Notes.

2. Management as Participation, Responsive Action, and Constitution of Meaning

8 Management as Participation

9 Management as Resistance and Responsive Action

10 Management as Constitution of Meaning

3. Management as Politico-economic Governance

11 Management as Corporate Governance and the Perspectives of Economics and Politics

12 Agamben's Genealogy of Governance and its Application in Governance Practices

13 Philosophical Reflections on Management as Politico-economic Governance of the Business Operations

4. Management as Non-reductive Stakeholder Engagement

14 Identify, Unity, and Difference in CSPs and Collaborations

Managing CSPs and Collaborations

Managing the Process of Partnership Implementation: Three Questions with Regard to Unity, Identity, and Difference in the Process of Partnership Formation and Implementation

15 Identity, Unity, and Difference in the Philosophical Tradition

16 The Metaphysics of Collaboration: Identity, Unity, and Difference in CSPs and Collaboration

17 Towards and Ethics of Non-reductive Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration, and Partnership in Management Practices

The Social-Ethical Relationships in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration, and Partnerships

Performance of Ethical Behaviour in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships

Self-destruction and Self-constitution in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships

Structural Possibility of Failure in Stakeholder Engagement, Collaborations, and Partnerships

5. Management as Epistemic Insufficient Entrepreneurship

18 The Paradox of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

The Role of Information in Collective Actions for Sustainable Development

The Role of Information in the Entrepreneurial Process.

19 Towards an Integrated Theory of Management as Epistemic Insufficient Entrepreneurship

Information Asymmetry as Epistemic Insufficiency

Implications of Entrepreneurs' Epistemic Insufficiency for an Integrated Concept of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Note

6. Managing for the Common Good: Towards an Integrated Principle of Business Ethics

20 Towards an Integrated Principle of Business Ethics

Management as Participation

Management as Resistance and Responsive Action

Management as Constitution of Meaning

Management as Politico-Economic Governance

Management as Non-Reductive Stakeholder Engagement

Management as Epistemic Insufficient Entrepreneurship

Conclusion: The Integrated Principle of Business Ethics

21 Key Requirements of Business Managers: Individual Virtuous Competence

The Concept of Individual Competence

The Role of Moral Competence in the Management of Grand Challenges of Our Time

Virtue Ethics

The Relation Between Virtues and Competencies

A Virtue Ethical Perspective on Normative and Action Competence

Virtuous Competence for Responsible Business Practices

22 Institutionalizing Business Ethics: Performative Corporate Codes

John Austin and the Speech Act Theory

Characteristics of a Performative Concept of Corporate Codes

Towards a Performative Concept of Corporate Codes in Business

7. Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003231875

100323187X

9781000482560

1000482561

9781000482591

1000482596

OCLC:

1273982765