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Humanistic Management in Practice

Editors:

Ernst von Kimakowitz,
Michael Pirson,
Heiko Spitzeck,
Claus Dierksmeier,
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Wolfgang Amann

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Part of the book series: Humanism in Business Series (HUBUS)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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Introducing This Book and Humanistic Management
- Ernst von Kimakowitz, Michael Pirson, Claus Dierksmeier, Heiko Spitzeck, Wolfgang Amann
Pages 1-12
ABN AMRO REAL – A New Bank for a New Society
- Patricia Palacios, Michael Pirson
Pages 13-27
AES Corporation – Serving People and Society
- Burcu Rodopman
Pages 28-41
Humanistic Business via the Integral Enterprise: The Case of Broad Air Conditioning, China
- Alexander Schieffer Ronnie Lessem
Pages 42-61
bracNet: Bridging the Digital Divide – Covering Bangladesh with Wireless Broadband Access
- Michael Pirson
Pages 62-75
Cascades Inc. (1959–2009): Some Lessons from a Resilient Organization
- Emmanuel Raufflet, Pierre Batellier
Pages 76-91
Dialogue-Based Leadership Style As Part of Humanistic Organizational Cultures: The Case of dm in Germany
- Wolfgang Amann, Shiban Khan
Pages 92-102
Grameen Danone Foods – A Case of a Social Business Enterprise
- Doris John
Pages 103-118
Entrepreneurship, Humanistic Management and Business Turnaround: The Case of a Small Chinese Private Firm
- Fang Lee Cooke
Pages 119-130
Level Ground Trading Ltd – Fair Trade Coffee As a Front for Social Justice
- W. Low, E. Davenport
Pages 131-146
The Best Inputs for Maximizing Your Output: Humanistic Practices at Micromatic Grinding
- Rakesh Kumar Agrawal
Pages 147-169
Mondragon: Could Something Like This Be in Our Future?
- Terry Mollner
Pages 170-184
Novo Nordisk – Making a Difference in Diabetes Treatment
- Patricia Palacios, Michael Pirson, Bradley H. Bader
Pages 185-203
SEKEM – Humanistic Management in the Egyptian Desert
- Clemens Mader, Gerald Steiner, Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Heiko Spitzeck
Pages 204-214
What Is Your Calling? SEMCO’s Invitation to Participatory Management
- Carlos Largacha-Martínez
Pages 215-230
Triple Bottom Line Management at Sonae Sierra
- Pedro Teixeira Santos, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Arménio Rego, Miguel Pereira Lopes
Pages 231-246
Can Business and Humanism Go Together? The Case of the Tata Group with a Focus on Nano Plant
- Radha R. Sharma, Shoma Mukherji
Pages 247-265
TerraCycle – A Business Founded for Societal Benefit Generation
- Heiko Spitzeck
Pages 266-276
Wainwright Bank and Trust Case Study – Humanistic Management in Practice
- Christine Arena
Pages 277-289

About this book

An investigation into the principles of humanistic management which examines their threoretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it presents case studies of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable.

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About the authors

is Distinguished Professor of Globalization Ethics at Stonehill College, Boston, Co-Director of the Sustainable Management and Measurement Institute (SUMMIT), and Board Director of The Humanistic Management Network. He has a special interest in the theory of freedom and the history of liberal thought in Europe, North and South America. He has published several books on legal, political, and religious philosophy and works currently on topics of globalization ethics and corporate social responsibility.

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Book Title: Humanistic Management in Practice
Editors: Ernst von Kimakowitz, Michael Pirson, Heiko Spitzeck, Claus Dierksmeier, Wolfgang Amann
Series Title: Humanism in Business Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306585
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-24632-4Published: 21 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31951-0Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30658-5Published: 20 December 2010
Series ISSN: 2662-124X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-1258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 332
Topics: Management, Business Ethics, Corporate Communication/Public Relations

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