Virtuous Cycles in Humanistic Management: From the Classroom to the Corporation (Contributions to Management Science)

This volume is divided into three major parts, each of which symbolizes a new virtuous circle that is added to the previous one in order to foster the dissemination of humanistic management (HM) among corporations and social institutions. After an introductory chapter explaining the concept of humanistic management and the plan behind this research project, the first part of the book is devoted to education. The authors address pedagogical strategies that can be used in higher education to introduce students to HM. In turn, the second part of the book focuses on the implementation of HM in corporations, while the third presents an approach for measuring and monetizing the social value generated by corporations through their economic activities. In the closing chapter, the editors illustrate how the three parts of the book can be combined to generate virtuous cycles in corporations. The Necessity of a Paradigm Shift in Business Education: Humanistic Management as a Bridge to Link Social Needs with Corporate... 6 Humanistic Education 8 Humanistic Management 9 Humanistic Management in Practice 11 References 12 Contents 14 Editors and Contributors 16 Part I: Humanistic Education 19 How to Develop the Humanistic Dimension in Business and Management Higher Education? 20 1 Introduction 20 2 Development of the Humanistic Dimension in Business and Management Higher Education 22 2.1 Humanistic Management 22 2.2 Humanistic Management in Higher Education 23 2.2.1 Educate for Humanism: Awareness and Theory 23 2.2.2 Educate in a Humanistic Way: Coherence and Role Models 24 3 Difficulties and Challenges to Develop the Humanistic Dimension in Business and Management Higher Education 24 4 What Can Be Done in Higher Education in Business and Management to Develop the Humanistic Dimension? 27 4.1 Proposals to Educate Students for Humanistic Management 27 4.1.1 Questioning Beliefs/Conceptions/Values About Oneself, the World Around the Student or the Business World 28 4.1.2 Incorporation of Theoretical Basis Around Humanistic Management in the Curriculum 29 4.1.3 Experimentation of the Humanistic Dimension and Connection with Reality 30 4.2 Proposals to Educate Students in a Humanistic Way 31 5 Conclusions 33 References 35 Challenges of Humanistic Management Education in the Digital Era 38 1 Introduction 38 2 Are Business School Curricula Becoming More Humanistic-Oriented? 40 3 Teachers ́ Challenges 44 4 Teaching Tools for Third Millennium Students 46 5 Conclusion 48 References 49 Developing Ethical Commitment Competence: Comparing Stakeholder, Disciplinary, and Regional Perspectives 53 1 Introduction 53 2 Tuning Projects as Data Collection Framework 55 2.1 Tuning Definitions of Concepts 56 2.2 Tuning Methodology: Consultation and Its Instruments 58 3 Chapter Methodology 60 4 Ethical Commitment as a Generic Competence 61 4.1 Regional Perspectives 61 4.2 Disciplinary Perspectives 63 4.3 Comparing Regional and Disciplinary Perspectives 68 5 Conclusions, Limitations, and Further Research 69 References 70 Part II: Humanistic Management 71 Integral Human Development Through Servant Leadership and Psychological Androgyny 72 1 Introduction 72 2 Androgyny: A Psychological Condition for Common Good 73 2.1 Additive or Main Effects Model 74 2.2 Balance Model 77 2.3 Emergent Properties Model 77 2.4 Studies on Androgyny and Its Effects on Leaders and Their Followers 78 3 Servant Leadership 79 4 Other Connections of Androgyny and Servant Leadership with Personal Development 81 5 Concluding Remarks 85 References 87 Utilitarian Ethics in the Praxis of Companies: Challenges of Imposition and Duplicity 91 1 Premises and Humanistic Management 93 2 Educational Challenge 95 3 Practical Application: The Organizational Shift 97 4 Practical Application: Change-Impaired Environments 98 5 Practical Application: Ethical Considerations 100 6 The Final Paradox 101 References 103 From Utility to Dignity: Humanism in Human Resource Management 105 1 Introduction 105 2 The Importance of Ontology to HRM Scholarship 106 3 The Nature of Humanism 106 4 Humanism Within HRM 107 5 Two Polarities: Utility and Dignity 107 5.1 The Person in Maritain ́s Philosophy 108 5.2 The Common Good in Maritain ́s Philosophy 108 6 The Strategic Perspective in HRM Scholarship 110 6.1 Strengths of the Strategic Perspective in Understanding the Human 111 6.2 Weaknesses of the Strategic Perspective in Understanding the Human 111 7 The Humanistic Perspective in HRM Scholarship 114 7.1 Strengths of the Humanistic Perspective in Understanding the Human 115 7.2 Weaknesses of the Humanistic Perspective in Understanding the Human 116 8 Bridging the Humanistic and Personalistic Perspectives 118 9 The Personalistic Perspective in HRM Scholarship 119 9.1 The Nature of the Person 119 9.2 The Person Is an End Not Solely a Means 120 9.3 The Person Exists in Relationship 120 9.4 Strengths of the Personalistic Perspective in Understanding the Human 121 9.5 Weaknesses of the Personalistic Perspective in Understanding the Human 122 10 Overall Summary of the Three Perspectives for HRM Scholarship 123 10.1 The Vertical Dimension: Macro- and Micro-foundations of Strategic Management 124 10.2 The Horizontal Dimension: Three HRM Perspectives 125 11 Conclusion 125 11.1 Implications for HRM Scholarship 125 11.2 Implications for HRM in Practice 126 References 127 Part III: Humanistic Management in Practice 133 Managing for Good Work: Principles and Practices of Humanistic Management Based on Catholic Social Thought 134 1 Introduction 134 2 Work and Integral Human Development: The Perspective of Catholic Social Thought 135 3 Case in Practice: Organizing Good Work at The Leather Collection (TLC) 138 3.1 Values Reformation 140 3.2 Advocating Mutually Nurturing Relationships with Other Stakeholders 141 3.3 Skills Training 143 3.4 Continuous Learning and Improvement 143 3.5 Justice with Mercy 143 3.6 Sevilla ́s Practitioner Reflections 146 4 Conclusion 146 References 147 Promoting Greater Levels of Employee Health and Well-Being in the UK: How Much Worse Do the Problems Have to Get? 148 1 Introduction 148 2 The Continuing UK Sickness Absence Problem 151 3 UK Sickness Absence in Context 153 4 Employee Worth: Theory or Rhetoric? 155 5 Engaging the Health and Well-Being Challenge 156 6 By Way of Corroboration (Unfortunately) 158 7 What Does the Future Hold? 160 References 161 Humanistic Management in the Corporation: From Self-Interest to Dignity and Well-being 163 1 Introduction 163 2 From Shareholder Theory to Humanistic Management 164 2.1 Shareholder Theory: Achievements and Limitations 164 2.2 Humanistic Management: Dignity and Social Well-being 166 3 Toward Integral Human Development in the Firm: The Case for Employees 168 4 Conclusions 171 References 172 Civil Economy and Population Aging: A Prospective Framework for a Global Phenomenon 174 1 Introduction 174 2 The Civil Economy 175 2.1 The Civil Economy Framework 175 2.2 The Three Reductionisms 176 2.3 The Civil Economy Paradigm: From a Two-Hand to a Four-Hand Approach 178 3 Theoretical Frameworks of Aging (and a Possible Connection with the Civil Economy Paradigm) 179 3.1 The Importance of Theory: Description, Explanation, and Understanding 179 3.2 Theoretical Frameworks of Aging Re-emergence and Challenges 180 3.2.1 The Search for Interdisciplinarity and/or Multidisciplinarity 181 3.2.2 Avoiding ``Level Myopia ́ ́ 181 3.2.3 The Search of a ``Great Theory ́ ́ in Different Areas of Aging 182 3.3 Disciplines and Theories of Aging 183 4 Conclusions: The Civil Economy Paradigm as a Prospective Framework for Population Aging Research 184 References 186 Lessons to Be Learned from the Theoretical and Empirical Developments of Humanistic Management: Virtuous Cycles in Practice 189 Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 How to Develop the Humanistic Dimension in Business and Management Higher Education? (Almudena Eizaguirre, Leire Alcaniz, María García-Feijoo)....Pages 3-20 Challenges of Humanistic Management Education in the Digital Era (Ernestina Giudici, Angela Dettori, Federica Caboni)....Pages 21-35 Developing Ethical Commitment Competence: Comparing Stakeholder, Disciplinary, and Regional Perspectives (Pablo Beneitone, Maria Yarosh, Margarete Schermutzki, Elke Kitzelmann)....Pages 37-54 Front Matter ....Pages 55-55 Integral Human Development Through Servant Leadership and Psychological Androgyny (Alejandro Amillano, Josune Baniandrés, Leire Gartzia)....Pages 57-75 Utilitarian Ethics in the Praxis of Companies: Challenges of Imposition and Duplicity (Andrzej Sarnacki)....Pages 77-90 From Utility to Dignity: Humanism in Human Resource Management (Greg Latemore, Peter Steane, Robin Kramar)....Pages 91-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Managing for Good Work: Principles and Practices of Humanistic Management Based on Catholic Social Thought (Benito Teehankee, Yolanda Sevilla)....Pages 121-134 Promoting Greater Levels of Employee Health and Well-Being in the UK: How Much Worse Do the Problems Have to Get? (Robin Roslender, Lissa Monk, Nicola Murray)....Pages 135-149 Humanistic Management in the Corporation: From Self-Interest to Dignity and Well-being (Ricardo Aguado, José Luis Retolaza)....Pages 151-161 Civil Economy and Population Aging: A Prospective Framework for a Global Phenomenon (Iñigo Calvo-Sotomayor, Massimo Cermelli)....Pages 163-177 Back Matter ....Pages 179-180