Work, management, and the business of living
In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of dehumanizing individuals or reducing them to humanoids. This book deals with familiar concepts in the mana...
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
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c2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. History of ideas. You cannot not manage. First encounter with managers. Psychologist in business school! From academia to Wall Street. Singapore adopts the seminar. Learning is a two-way process
- ch. 2. The human person. Don't think, just look! Model parameters. Synthesis. Practical implications
- ch. 3. Membership and role acquisision. A state of belonging. Membership: a historical process. Role acquisition
- ch. 4. Leading and managing. Leader/manager controversy. Review of case studies. Leadership, fellowship and follower-ship. Central thesis: mechanisms of influence. A journey with a donkey
- ch. 5. Social structures. The human person as a universe. Dyadic structures. Triadic structures. Small group
- ch. 6. Work, play and leisure. Semantic introduction. Work versus labor. Play. Leisure. Aristotle's view. Energy management. Final conclusion
- Philosophical foundations in quotes.