Editors:
- Presents spiritual leadership as a cure to dysfunctional organizations
- Addresses ethical behavior and crisis management
- Contributes to research in employee well-being by demonstrating that healthy organizations produce healthy employees
Part of the book series: Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business (CFPLB)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Moving from Organizational Dysfunction to Organizational Convergence
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“Metaphors are not new, but using them to effectively evaluate your organization—brilliant! This book is a great way to develop both your organization and your personal leadership.” (Rob McCleland, Past President, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation)
“The authors show the power of metaphor in business in a striking way. From spirituality to mixed martial arts, the metaphor can be used in practical ways to deepen one's understanding of corporate life to reach goals across varying levels of any organization.” (David Anderson, Founder, Bridgeway Community Church)
“This leadership guide offers a fresh and original perspective on organizational transformation. These metaphors are thoughtful and well done!” (James D. White, Former Chairman, Jamba Juice)
“Within my teachings, I often refer to the practicality of communicating complex ideas into easy to understand concepts. This book has captured the essence for explaining the use and showing practical examples that allows the learner to move fluidly from concept to metaphor and back again. Certainly a key Biblical metaphor is that of the shepherd. Although I have never owned nor worked on a sheep farm, I can easily visualize the role of the shepherd as an ideal metaphor to connect me to understanding the role of the greatest keeper of love, hope and vision for all mankind.” (Troy Hall, Chief Strategy Officer, South Carolina Federal Credit Union)
“An iceberg exists mostly just below the surface. This book takes the reader below the surface, down to the core of what undergirds the best organizations. Crisp, direct, spirit-guided and inspirational, this title stands out, and will influence how we think about organizations.” (Casey Reason, Founder, Casey Reason Companies)
Editors and Affiliations
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Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA
Robert B. Huizinga, Debra J. Dean
About the editors
Robert B. Huizinga is Adjunct Professor at The King’s University, Canada, and earned his doctorate from Regent University. He specializes in leadership development.
Debra J. Dean is Adjunct Professor at Regent University, USA, where she earned her doctorate. Her research focuses on workplace spirituality.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Organizational Metaphors
Book Subtitle: Faith as Key to Functional Organizations
Editors: Robert B. Huizinga, Debra J. Dean
Series Title: Christian Faith Perspectives in Leadership and Business
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41712-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41711-6Published: 30 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41714-7Published: 30 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41712-3Published: 29 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-4579
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4587
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 185
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, Management