Humanistic Management: Social Entrepreneurship and Mindfulness, Volume II: Foundations, Cases, and Exercises - Paperback

by Michael Pirson (Author), Jyoti Bachani (Author), Robert J. Blomme (Author)

Humanistic management agenda is to protect human dignity and promote societal well-being.

The currently dominant theories prioritize economistic goals of profits and productivity at the cost of threatening sustainability. A humanistic perspective offers an alternative for purposeful organizing that serves people and the planet. This two-volume set of books offers humanistic theory and practical exercises on topics of leadership and trust in volume one and social entrepreneurship and mindfulness in volume two. Each topic is introduced with a conceptual lead chapter followed a case-study or exercise to apply and engage using examples.

Author Biography

Michael Pirson is an associate professor of management systems. He teaches courses such as social entrepreneurship, fundamentals of management and principles of management. A native of Germany, Professor Pirson has worked and lived in Switzerland, France, China, Costa Rica and the United States. He has worked for an international consulting working for and with businesses, nonprofits, embassies, political campaigns, and local and national governments. He is a founding partner of the Humanistic Management Association and editor-in-chief of Humanistic Management Journal. He is the co-editor of the Humanism in Business book series, published by Palgrave-McMillan. Dr. Pirson is a research fellow at Harvard University and serves on the board of three social enterprises in the United States.