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Humanistic management. Volume II, Foundations, cases, and exercises : social entrepreneurship and mindfulness / Michael Pirson, Jyoti Bachani, and Robert J. Blomme.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pirson, Michael, author.
- Bachani, Jyoti, author.
- Blomme, Robert J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Business Expert Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- Humanistic management agenda is to protect human dignity and promote societal well-being. The currently dominant theories prioritize economistic goals of profits and productivity at the cost of threatening sustainability. A humanistic perspective offers an alternative for purposeful organizing that serves people and the planet. This two-volume set of books offers humanistic theory and practical exercises on topics of leadership and trust in volume one and social entrepreneurship and mindfulness in volume two. Each topic is introduced with a conceptual lead chapter followed a case-study or exercise to apply and engage using examples.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Social Entrepreneurship as Humanistic Management
- Chapter 1: Social Entrepreneurship as a Form of Humanistic Management
- Chapter 2: Homeboy Industries: Stopping Bullets with Jobs
- Chapter 3: Harnessing the Potential of Gamification in Humanistic Management Teaching: Games for Change
- Chapter 4: Social Enterprises and the Integration of Persons with Mental Disabilities in the Greek Society: A Case-Study of Koispe Athena-Elpis
- Chapter 5: A Path Out of Poverty: Turning Biowaste into Opportunity at the Base of the Economic Pyramid in Indonesia
- Part II: Practices of Humanistic Management
- Chapter 6: Mindfulness and Humanistic Management
- Chapter 7: Mindfulness through Improv: The Individual in a Group
- Chapter 8: Appreciative Inquiry: Humanistic Values at Work
- Index
- Adpage
- Backcover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781947441095
- 1947441094
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