|
|
| |
|
|
|
Rethinking Growth
Social Intrapreneurship for Sustainable Performance
|
|
|
|
|
Nowadays conferences are organized that raise the question: should we rethink growth? Corporate growth has always been one of the cornerstones of managerial thinking. External growth through mergers and acquisitions has come to the forefront of managerial practice over the last decade, due to the stagnation of internal growth. Most managers would agree that this drive for growth, almost without limits, has had important consequences.
Today, societal questions are at stake: is the abundance of the Western world still ethical? Although it is probably limited and marginal, the growing anti-globalization movement raises issues that are becoming of increasing importance for companies. These sustainability and responsibility themes are also being presented in an increasing number and variety of books and other publications. However, most of these publications ignore the holistic and dynamic framework within which a manager can really attain an overall understanding of and find possible alternatives to the issue of corporate growth. Social responsibility, sustainable development and growth are indeed deeply entangled. This book aims to provide the reader with a transversal, holistic view on these issues which will allow the reader to change his or her behavior.
Preface
The Thermometer Causes Sickness
The Biology of Business
Emergence and Dynamics: A Quantum Ontology of A-causality
Non-violence and Co-creation
Management by Values
Sustainability Principles and Leadership in Management
Sustainable Performance
Social Entrepreneurship: A Micro Example
Social Intrapreneurship for Sustainable Performance
Appendix: Blueprint of a Workbook
WALTER BAETS is Professor Complexity, Knowledge and Innovation, Associate Dean for Research and MBA Director at Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, France. He obtained a PhD at Warwick Business School (UK) and a Habilitation thesis in Aix-Marseille, France.
ERNA OLDENBOOM is a specialist in leadership, health and transformation. She obtained a BA in Human Resources Management, a MA in Organizational Design, and a MPhil in Political Sciences (Peace and Conflict management) at the University of Granada, Spain. She is an ayurvedic massage therapist and continued her education in ayurveda and health management with Deepak Chopra.
Description
Nowadays conferences are organized that raise the question: should we rethink growth? Corporate growth has always been one of the cornerstones of managerial thinking. External growth through mergers and acquisitions has come to the forefront of managerial practice over the last decade, due to the stagnation of internal growth. Most managers would agree that this drive for growth, almost without limits, has had important consequences.
Today, societal questions are at stake: is the abundance of the Western world still ethical? Although it is probably limited and marginal, the growing anti-globalization movement raises issues that are becoming of increasing importance for companies. These sustainability and responsibility themes are also being presented in an increasing number and variety of books and other publications. However, most of these publications ignore the holistic and dynamic framework within which a manager can really attain an overall understanding of and find possible alternatives to the issue of corporate growth. Social responsibility, sustainable development and growth are indeed deeply entangled. This book aims to provide the reader with a transversal, holistic view on these issues which will allow the reader to change his or her behavior.
Contents
Preface
The Thermometer Causes Sickness
The Biology of Business
Emergence and Dynamics: A Quantum Ontology of A-causality
Non-violence and Co-creation
Management by Values
Sustainability Principles and Leadership in Management
Sustainable Performance
Social Entrepreneurship: A Micro Example
Social Intrapreneurship for Sustainable Performance
Appendix: Blueprint of a Workbook
Authors
WALTER BAETS is Professor Complexity, Knowledge and Innovation, Associate Dean for Research and MBA Director at Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, France. He obtained a PhD at Warwick Business School (UK) and a Habilitation thesis in Aix-Marseille, France.
ERNA OLDENBOOM is a specialist in leadership, health and transformation. She obtained a BA in Human Resources Management, a MA in Organizational Design, and a MPhil in Political Sciences (Peace and Conflict management) at the University of Granada, Spain. She is an ayurvedic massage therapist and continued her education in ayurveda and health management with Deepak Chopra.
|
|
|