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Finding Meaning in Business : Theology, Ethics, and Vocation / edited by B. Okonkwo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operations research.
- Business ethics.
- Strategic planning.
- Leadership.
- Christianity.
- Communication in organizations.
- Economics.
- Operations Research and Decision Theory.
- Business Ethics.
- Business Strategy and Leadership.
- Corporate Communication.
- Local Subjects:
- Operations Research and Decision Theory.
- Business Ethics.
- Business Strategy and Leadership.
- Christianity.
- Corporate Communication.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining creative biblical interpretation, Christian moral reflection, and business expertise, Finding Meaning in Business is a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at how business leaders, professionals, and students can integrate a sense of calling into their careers and into the business world as a whole.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Content""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1 Business and Calling""; ""One Giving Meaning to Work: The Spiritual Challenge of Our Time""; ""Two Reclaiming the Concept of Calling""; ""Three The Entrepreneurial Vocation: Is Creating Wealth a Calling?""; ""Four The Evolution of Business as a Christian Calling""; ""Part 2 Fostering a Community of Work""; ""Five Toward a Theology of Business""; ""Six Fusion, Fission, or Vision: One Calling, Three Metaphors""; ""Seven The Enterprise as Community of Persons: The Case of Bimbo Group""
- ""Part 3 Formation of Business Leaders""""Eight Questions Organizational Leaders Pose to Theologians""; ""Nine Roman Catholic and Protestant Perspectives on Business as a Calling: Managerial Leadership in the Corporate Sphere""; ""Ten Toward an Experience Training: A Perspective from Lonergan""; ""Eleven Pedagogical Models and Practice""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349445370
- 1349445371
- 9781283867894
- 1283867893
- 9781137295125
- 1137295120
- OCLC:
- 819423150
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