Leadership in the Context of Religious Institutions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. A Monastery Is More than a Business: Spiritual Foundations of the Rule of St. Benedict for the ‘Oikonomia’ of a Monastery

      • Markus Muff

      Pages 3-10

   3. Using Knowledge from Management Science in the Context of the Church: Possibilities and Limitations

      • Günter Müller-Stewens, Luigi Gioia

      Pages 11-25

   4. Management of Monasteries: A Field Report

      • Günter Müller-Stewens, Markus Muff, Thomas S. Eberle

      Pages 27-34

   5. Sustainability for Centuries: Monastic Governance of Austrian Benedictine Abbeys

      • Birgit Feldbauer-Durstmüller, Simon Sandberger, Maximilian Neulinger

      Pages 35-50

   6. Leadership Training in the Monastic Context: Experiences and Future Challenges

      • Notker Wolf

      Pages 51-56

3. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-58

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   2. Strategy Making: Providing Orientation and Sense

      • Günter Müller-Stewens, Luigi Gioia

      Pages 59-72

   3. Can Monasteries Learn from Modern Organizational Theory?

      • Thomas S. Eberle, Ulrike Soegtrop

      Pages 73-92

   4. Leadership in Monasteries

      • Jean-Paul Thommen, Ruth Mary Starman

      Pages 93-102

   5. Walking the Tightrope Between Change and Tradition: Lessons on Managing Projects in Benedictine Contexts

      • Erwin Hettich, Ansgar Stüfe

      Pages 103-113

   6. Reflections on the Impact of the Leadership Training

      • John Braganza

      Pages 115-120

4. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-122

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   2. Leadership Needs in Global Diversity: The Missionary Benedictines

      • Jeremias Schröder

      Pages 123-130

   3. “Women Usually Ended Up Second Class”: Remarks from an International Women’s Perspective

      • Franziska Lukas, Ulrike Soegtrop

      Pages 131-139

   4. Observations of a Missionary Benedictine from Rome

      • Mauritius Wilde

      Pages 141-149

This book explores opportunities and limitations with regard to transferring knowledge and tools from the corporate world to manage monasteries or other types of religious institutions. To do so, the contributing authors analyze both the ideological and practical implications of employing modern organizational theory in the context of religious institutions, and seek to strike a balance between preserving traditions and promoting modernization. In this regard, they draw on experience gained in the course of long-standing collaborations between religious institutions, such as monasteries, and business and management schools. 

• Ethics in management
• Faith-based institutions
• Governance in monasteries
• Organizational theory
• Missionary activities
• faith, spirituality and business

• IFB Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

  Günter Müller-Stewens

• Archabbey of Sankt Ottilien, St. Ottilien, Germany

  Notker Wolf

Günter Müller-Stewens is a Professor Emeritus at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) Institute of Management. His main research interest is the field of strategic management. He has authored multiple books and articles in prestigious academic and practitioner-oriented journals. He has acted as the Dean of the Business School at the University of St. Gallen and served as the Academic Director of several Master Programs. He is a member of several editorial boards and the advisory boards of several firms, and is a consultant to and trainer at a number of international companies. 
Notker Wolf OSB served as the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict from 2000 to 2016. He is currently the Abbot Primate Emeritus of the Archabbey of St. Ottilien and has authored multiple books.

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