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Human foundations of management : understanding the homo humanus / Domènec Melé, César González Cantón.

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Management always entails a certain vision of the human being, along with a view of the nature and purpose of the business firm and society. This is evident from the very beginnings of management studies. So far, in practice, many scholars have focused on individual and collective human behavior, ra...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Authors: Melé, Domènec (Author), González Cantón, César (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Economic man.
Economics > Philosophy.
Management > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I: THE IDEA OF THE HUMAN BEING
  • 1. The Homo Economicus Model
  • 2. The Idea of the Person in Management and Organizational Theories
  • 3. Knowledge of the Human Being through Science
  • 4. Views of the Human Being in Religions and Philosophies
  • PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF A PHILOSOPHY OF THE PERSON
  • 5. Human Nature and the Uniqueness of Each Person
  • 6. Reason and Rational Knowledge
  • 7. Affectivity and Aesthetic Experience
  • 8. The Human Will and Character
  • 9. A Relational Being
  • 10. Action, Human Flourishing, and Moral Discernment.

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