Virtue Based Management
, by Orsini, Jean-Francois
- ISBN: 9781588271990 | 1588271994
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/1/2001
| Preface | |
| The Who and the What - The Christian Manager and Work | p. 1 |
| The wonderful Human Person - Human Nature and the Christian Manager | p. 4 |
| Human Work | |
| The Person | |
| The Souls | |
| The Human Soul | |
| Human Acts | |
| Human Nature and the Behavioral Sciences | p. 9 |
| A Matter of Knowledge | |
| Philosophy of Science | |
| The Sciences and Ethics | |
| Destination Happiness - Ultimate End and the Christian Manager | p. 14 |
| Common and Erroneous View of Human Needs | |
| The End of Human action | |
| Ultimate ends | |
| Christian ultimate end | |
| Ends and choices | |
| Ends and love | |
| Behavioral Sciences and Human Needs | p. 18 |
| Models of Human needs | |
| Of Particular Needs | |
| Need for Safety and Security | |
| Need for Love and Need for Affiliation | |
| Need for self-actualization, for Achievement and Creativity Psychometrics and their use | |
| Preparing the Outfit of the Voyager - Growth in Holiness and the Christian Manager | p. 23 |
| Kant and the Ethics of Pure Reason | |
| The Glory of God | |
| The Objectivity of Christian Ethics | |
| Personal Sanctification | |
| Following Christ | |
| Voyage to the Supernatural order | |
| The Infused Virtues | |
| Faith Hope and Charity | |
| The Most Precious Gear - The Virtues and the Christian Manager | p. 31 |
| The Nature of Virtues | |
| Characteristics of Habits | |
| On Acquiring Habits | |
| Virtues and Vices | |
| Prudence | p. 35 |
| Modern Dangers to Prudence | |
| Nature of Prudence | |
| Prudence in Business | |
| Prudence and Conscience | |
| Prudence and Business Ethics | |
| Justice | p. 41 |
| Justice and Rights | |
| Justice as Virtue | |
| Justice and the "Other" | |
| Justice as Obligation | |
| The Three Justices | |
| Justice and Private Property | |
| Justice in Business | |
| The Just Manager | |
| Fortitude | p. 50 |
| The Nature of Fortitude-Courage | |
| The Parts of Fortitude | |
| Courage and Work | |
| The Courageous Manager | |
| The Courageous Corporation | |
| Temperance | p. 54 |
| The Nature of Temperance | |
| Sex and Food | |
| Curiosity | |
| The Temperate Manager | |
| The Temperate Corporation | |
| What kind of Action - The Nature of Work | p. 59 |
| The Four Parts of Work | |
| The Relative Importance of the Parts | |
| The Four Dimensions of Work | |
| The Christian Aspect of Work | |
| Work, Justice and Mercy | |
| Work and Providence | |
| The Work of the Manager | |
| The Busy Village - Work and the Managing of Organizations and Businesses | p. 64 |
| Double Perfection and Sweet Success - The nature of business | p. 64 |
| Business as the Establishment of New Work | |
| Business as Environment of Work | |
| External Cooperation with a Business | |
| Marketing Function: a Financial Imperative | |
| Marketing Function: a Social Imperative | |
| Marketing function: source of perfection | |
| Developing the Marketing Imperative | |
| The Second Justification of Business | |
| The Second Business Perfection | |
| Innovation and Change | |
| In the Image of Man - The nature and function of organizations | p. 73 |
| What is an Organization | |
| The Functional Levels | |
| Vertical Divisions and Mission | |
| The Hierarchical Levels | |
| The Operational Level | |
| The Strategic Level | |
| The Transactual Level | |
| The Soul of the Organization | |
| The Problems of Organizations | |
| Strategic Problems with Organizational Structure | |
| Strategic Problems with Long-term Planning | |
| Strategic Problems with Rational Management | |
| A Wheel within a wheel - The social impact of organizations | p. 83 |
| What Organizations Owe Human Beings | |
| Promoting Human Dignity | |
| The Christian Status of Organizational Employees | |
| The Christian Function of Organizational Employees | |
| Only Status Viable for Organizations | |
| Promoting Human Dignity Outside the Organization | |
| Responsibilities of Ownership | |
| Ethics of Organizations vs. Business Ethics | |
| Organizations Unethical by Design | |
| Organizational Ethics more Fundamental than Business Ethics | |
| The Roots of Business and Organizational Ethics | |
| The business organization as good citizen | |
| Mediating organizations | |
| What is our Agenda? - Strategic planning for organizations | p. 95 |
| Strategy and Vision | |
| Strategic Planning and Managerial Style | |
| Strategic Plan and the Organizational Brain | |
| Strategic Plan and the Organizational Will | |
| The Snake-shaped Strategic Process | |
| More Strategic Resolve | |
| Military Strategy | |
| Boldness of Vision | |
| Idealized Planning | |
| Strategic Planning as a Permanent Activity | |
| Strategy and Operations | |
| Checking the course - Controls | p. 104 |
| The Black Fords | |
| Controls as Navigation System | |
| Controls of Corporate Structure | |
| Long-term vs. Short-term Control | |
| Controls and Strategy | |
| Specific Controls | |
| Controls as Police | |
| Controls and Correction | |
| Controls as Re-organization | |
| Reaction against Standard Setting | |
| Reaction against Evaluations | |
| Reaction against Correction | |
| The Nature of Human Resources | |
| Work Design and Human Performance | |
| How to Think - Decision Making and the Staff function | p. 111 |
| Japanese Decision-Making | |
| The Social Impact of Decisions | |
| Society's Impact on Decisions | |
| Metaphysics and Social Sciences | |
| Decision-Making and Mathematics | |
| Epistemology and Decision-Making | |
| Human Acts and Decision-Making | |
| Prudence and Decision-Making | |
| The Staff Function | |
| Causes of the Business Organization | p. 122 |
| People at Work - Organizations and the Managing of People | p. 125 |
| Who is in charge here - Authority of Managers | p. 125 |
| Authority and Similar concepts | |
| The nature of authority | |
| The Christian view of Authority | |
| Authority, Nature and Grace | |
| Fundamental issue about authority: God | |
| Fundamental issue about authority: Property | |
| Variety of Persons - Psychology and Management | p. 131 |
| Personality in Management | |
| Personalities and Psychology | |
| The assumptions of Secular Psychology | |
| Personality and Charity | |
| Overcoming Personality Differences | |
| Managing Different Personalities | |
| What is going on here - Perception and Management. Flawed Perception | p. 138 |
| Sensation and Perception | |
| Species | |
| Perceptual Selectivity | |
| Perceptual Organization | |
| The ethics of advertising | |
| The dilemma of advertising | |
| Perception and Managers | |
| Perception vs. Awareness | |
| Loving what we do - Motivation and Management | p. 143 |
| Theory X and Theory Y | |
| The Pluses and Minuses of Theory X | |
| The Pluses and Minuses of Theory Y | |
| First Conclusions | |
| Qualifiers of Theory Y | |
| The brave new manager-less worker | |
| The brave new moral athlete worker | |
| Motivation and ESOPs | |
| The basis of workers motivation | |
| Education | |
| Decentralization | |
| Beyond the basic conditions of workers motivation | |
| Motivation and Love | |
| Corporate Solomons - Conflict resolution and Management | p. 151 |
| Conflicts within and conflicts between | |
| Conflicts over what | |
| Types of Organizational conflicts | |
| Conflicts over goals | |
| Conflicts over means | |
| Managing conflicts | |
| Picking the Best and Brightest - Selection and Appraisal of Personnel | p. 156 |
| Subjectivity | |
| The search for objectivity | |
| Tests and more tests | |
| Emotions and making a living | |
| The Right to Subjectivity | |
| Hiring and the Christian Manager | |
| Business Ethics and Employee Evaluation | |
| The Dynamics of Management - Integrating the People in the Organization | p. 165 |
| Rainbow - Individual Value Systems and Corporate Value Systems | p. 165 |
| The nature of values | |
| The exchangeability of values | |
| Systems of values | |
| Ethics, attitudes and behavior | |
| System of values and worldview | |
| Given values and desired values | |
| Values System and Action Plans | |
| Values System and Life Plans | |
| Difference in Value Systems | |
| Domains of Reference | |
| Understanding and Interest | |
| Individual values and Organizational values | |
| The Organizational Artificial Intelligence System | |
| Following the flow - Change: The Development of Human Resources and the Development of Organizations | p. 175 |
| Change and human beings | |
| Change in organizations | |
| Personal change and value systems | |
| Change, virtues and values systems | |
| Change management in individuals - the Scientific view | |
| Managing change in organizations -Organization Development | |
| Sensitivity training | |
| Sensitivity training as business evil | |
| Sensitivity training and Society | |
| Organizational change - a true Value approach | |
| Each age has its problems - Managing the Growing organization | p. 185 |
| Growth and development | |
| The five phases of growth | |
| Creativity | |
| Direction | |
| Delegation | |
| Coordination | |
| Collaboration | |
| Pattern not immutable | |
| The issue of small corporations | |
| Virtues | |
| Theology of work and management | |
| The Sky is the Limit - Innovative Management | p. 191 |
| The Cortisone story | |
| The process of invention | |
| Virtues and invention | |
| Inventing and thinking | |
| Inventing, value systems and ethics | |
| The management of invention | |
| Institutionalizing creativity | |
| Innovation | |
| The difficulties of innovation | |
| Breakthroughs | |
| Innovative management | |
| Providing Objects of Admiration--Leadership | p. 201 |
| Great men | |
| Other theories | |
| Situational theories | |
| Path-goal leadership theory | |
| Scientists' angst | |
| The managerial grid | |
| Back to basics | |
| Authority and society | |
| Authority, Society and society's goal | |
| The leader's virtues | |
| Morale | |
| Born leaders | |
| Forming leaders | |
| Calvinism and business | |
| Trial Blazing - Entrepreneurship | p. 212 |
| The nature of entrepreneurship | |
| The entrepreneurial philosophy of life | |
| Bias against entrepreneurs | |
| Paradoxes and Christianity | |
| Psychological traits of entrepreneurs | |
| Entrepreneurial perception | |
| Generalists | |
| Effectiveness and efficiency | |
| Need to act | |
| Blacks and Koreans | |
| The parable of the talents | |
| Different sorts of talents | |
| Liberalitas | |
| Cultivating the economic talents | |
| Fear and entrepreneurship | |
| Providence and entrepreneurship | |
| The entrepreneurial imperative | |
| Conclusion | p. 223 |
| Perfection, efficacy and the business life | |
| Management and morality | |
| Capitalism | |
| Cardinal Ratzinger | |
| The Church and Capitalism | |
| What Adam Smith really said | |
| Two justices | |
| General justice | |
| A new economic theory | |
| Conclusions for policy | |
| Churchmen | |
| Antonism | |
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