Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management

Currently, Nathaniel is working on research projects related to leveraging combinations of scientific and traditional forms of knowledge, different approaches to innovation and new value creation, primarily in the context of emerging economies, especially India. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: International Business and International Management in an Era of Globality....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Global Tensions between Mainstream Economic Discourse and International Humanistic Management Agendas: Investigating the Challenges Facing Organizational Stakeholders in Modern Market Societies....Pages 11-24 Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Critical Management Knowledge for Humanistic Management....Pages 25-38 Global Migration of Nurses from Sub-Saharan Africa: Human Capital Development and Neocolonial Perspectives — Forging an Ethical Framework....Pages 39-54 Development Discourse and Practice: Alternatives and New Directions from Postcolonial Perspectives....Pages 55-67 Reviving Hearts and Souls in Managers: A Ghazalian Sufi Perspective....Pages 68-80 Humanistic Leadership as a Value-Infused Dialogue of Global Leaders and Local Stakeholders....Pages 81-91 Empowering the Other in a Globalizing World by Targeting Humanistic Aims of Creativity, Work and Sustainable Community via Pedagogies in Action....Pages 92-106 Hume’s Humanity: A Nexus for Global Management....Pages 107-119 An Integral Foundation for International Strategic Management....Pages 120-133 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Humanistic Values in the Gulf Cooperation Council: An In-depth Study of Humanistic Dimensions in the Region....Pages 137-149 Indigenous Social Enterprises: A Humanistic Approach to Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation....Pages 150-164 Is Walmart Good for India? A Humanistic Perspective on Opening Up FDI in Multi-Brand Retail in India....Pages 165-178 Cross-Sector Alliances....Pages 179-197 Indian Firms and the New Era of Corporate Social Responsibility: Raising the Bar for People above Profits....Pages 198-209 Front Matter....Pages 211-211 Embracing Humanism in International Business Education: An Application of the Service, Operative, and Lecture Learning (SOLL) Model....Pages 213-228 Supporting Humanism in the Development of Globally Oriented Managers....Pages 229-240 Managerial Anthropology: A Humanistic Approach to Management Studies....Pages 241-255 Shaping Humanism at the Tecnológico de Monterrey: The Citizen of the Future....Pages 256-268 Conclusions: Toward a Humanistic Agenda for International Business and Management....Pages 269-273 Back Matter....Pages 274-282 In Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management, the authors provide space to global perspectives on how we can rethink and reposition international business and management practice to be a part of the solution to our global problems. These contributions provide impetus for further research, practice and pedagogy development. The world is witnessing a number of severe crises including climate change, rise of international terrorism, social inequities, food shortage, material and spiritual poverty. Some argue that globalization has exacerbated these crises, while others argue globalization can be part of the solution. Globalization, understood as the cross-border integration of markets for products, labor, capital and knowledge, clearly is a force that has the potential to change the experience of human existence as well as its consequences for current and future ecosystems. These changes are driven by the increasing interconnectedness of financial systems, international trade, increased labor mobility, information and communications technology, and foreign direct investment. Some scholars argue that we have moved beyond the age of globalization towards an age of globality. In such an age, individual actions, local business practices and national politics all have global impact. It therefore matters on more than one level about how we think about business in a global community. In Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management, the contributing authors provide space to global perspectives on how we can rethink and reposition international business and management practice to be a part of the solution to our global problems. These contributions provide impetus for further research, practice and pedagogy development "The world is witnessing a number of severe crises including climate change, rise of international terrorism, social inequities, food shortage, material and spiritual poverty. Some argue that globalization has exacerbated these crises, while others argue globalization can be part of the solution. Globalization, understood as the cross-border integration of markets for products, labor, capital and knowledge, clearly is a force that has the potential to change the experience of human existence as well as its consequences for current and future ecosystems. These changes are driven by the increasing interconnectedness of financial systems, international trade, increased labor mobility, information and communications technology, and foreign direct investment. Some scholars argue that we have moved beyond the age of globalization towards an age of globality. In such an age, individual actions, local business practices and national politics all have global impact. It therefore matters on more than one level about how we think about business in a global community. In Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management, the contributing authors provide space to global perspectives on how we can rethink and reposition international business and management practice to be a part of the solution to our global problems. These contributions provide impetus for further research, practice and pedagogy development"-- Provided by publisher Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: International Business and International Management in an Era of Globality; Part I: Conceptual Perspectives; 1 Global Tensions between Mainstream Economic Discourse and International Humanistic Management Agendas: Investigating the Challenges Facing Organizational Stakeholders in Modern Market Societies; 2 Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Critical Management Knowledge for Humanistic Management