Humanistic Management in Practice

by Von Kimakowitz, Ernst; Pirson, Michael; Spitzeck, Heiko; Dierksmeier, Claus; Amann, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780230246324
• ISBN10: 023024632X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book investigates into the principles of humanistic management and examines their throretical merits. In order to demonstrate that humanistic ideas also work in practice and can lead to actionable management guidelines it is a collection of case examples of how businesses succeed in generating social value whilst being profitable.

Author Biography

Humanistic management has a profoundly liberating effect on a company by putting people first and integrating the desire to generate benefits for all stakeholders into managerial decision making Consequently, internal as well as external stakeholders can derive meaning and find purpose in a company's employees, long-term-oriented investors and collaborative civil society stakeholders. True business leadership proves that business success and societal benefit generation can go hand in hand. Ernst von Kimakowitz is an independent professional, providing consulting advisory, and coaching services in corporate responsibility arena. He holds a PhD from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he also teaches. Michael Pirson is an Assistant professor at Fordham Graduate School of Business in New York, USA, as a research fellow and lecturer at Harvard University, USA. Heiko Spitzeck is a professor at Fundaao Dom Cabral, Brazil. Previously he was a lecturer at Cranfield University's Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility in the UK. Claus Dierksmeier is Associate Professor for philosophy at Stonehill College, Boston, USA, with a special interest in the theory of freedom and the history of liberal thought in Europe, North and South America. Wolfgang Amann is the Director of executive education, open enrollment and custom programs at Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, Germany and teaches on a variety of strategy and governance topics.

Table of Contents

Introducing This Book and Humanistic Management
ABN AMRO REAL - A New Bank for a New Society
AES Corporation - Serving People and Society
Humanistic Business via The Integral Enterprise The Case of Broad Air Conditioning, China
bracNet: Bridging the Digital Divide – Covering Bangladesh with Wireless Broadband Access
Cascades Inc. (1959-2009): Some Lessons from a Resilient Organization
Dialogue-Based Leadership Style as Part of Humanistic Organizational Cultures: The Case of DM in Germany
The Grameen Danone Foods - A Case of a Social Business Enterprize
Entrepreneurship, Humanistic Management and Business Turnaround: The Case of a Small Chinese Private Firm
Level Ground Trading Ltd – Fair Trade Coffee as a Front for Social Justice
Mondragon: Could Something Like This Be In Our Future?
Novo Nordisk - Making a Difference in Diabetes Treatment
SEKEM – Humanistic Management in the Egyptian Desert
What is Your Calling? SEMCO's Invitation to Participatory Management
Triple Bottom Line Management at Sonae Sierra
Can Business and Humanism Go Together? The Case of the Tata Group with a Focus on Nano Plant
TerraCycle - A Business Founded for Societal Benefit Generation
Wainwright Bank & Trust Case Study - Humanistic Management in Practice
Zipcar Incorporated: Do We Really Need to Own Our Automobiles?
Concluding Remarks