Elements of a Philosophy of Management and Organization
edited by Peter Koslowski
| Year of publication: |
2010
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| Authors: | Koslowski, Peter |
| Publisher: |
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Subject: | Unternehmensethik | Business ethics | Wirtschaftsphilosophie | Philosophy of economics | Erkenntnistheorie | Epistemology | Theorie | Theory | Management |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [d-nb.info] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (X, 202p, digital) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatzsammlung |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Elements of a Philosophy of Management and Organization; Preface; Contents; Part A Management and Philosophy; Chapter 1 The Philosophy of Management: Philosophy as a Challenge to Business, Management as a Challenge to Philosophy; I. Introduction; II. Management Ethics and Corporate Governance: The Total Good of the Firm as the Fiduciary Duty of the Manager; III. Management and Cultural Philosophy 1: Culture Value as the Task of the Organization to Increase the Internal Cooperation; 1. What is Cultural Capital?; 2. The Increased Cooperation of the Firm as Cultural Capital and Culture Value IV. Management and Cultural Philosophy 2: The Circle of Experiencing and Understanding in Management and in Art1. The Cultural Surplus Value of the Goods and Services as the Firm's Task; 2. The Circle of Cultural Understanding and Experiencing in the Production of Art and of Industry; V. The Challenge of Management to Philosophy; Chapter 2 Philosophy of Management: Concepts of Management from the Perspectives of Systems Theory, Phenomenological Hermeneutics, Corporate Religion, and Existentialism; I. The Emergence of Business Ethics: Towards the Political Firm II. Values-driven Management and Organizational SystemsIII. Leadership, Judgment, and Values; IV. Corporate Religion, Existentialism, and Kierkegaard; V. Conclusion; Part B Organization Theory, Organizational Practice, and Philosophy; Chapter 3 Critical Realism, Organization Theory, Methodology, and the Emerging Scienceof Reconfiguration¹; I. Introduction; II. Critical Realist Metaphysics; III. The Conception of Theory; IV. Methodology; V. Research Designs and Logics of Discovery; 1. Single Case Study Research; 2. Research Involving Comparative Case Studies 3. Generative Institutional Investigations4. From General Contexts to Mechanisms; VI. Final Remarks; Chapter 4 Epistemological Issues and Aspects of Organizational Practice; I. Introduction; II. Epistemology; 1. Relational Epistemology; a) Knowledge Relation; 2. Epistemic Variety; a) Questions; b) Strategies of Explanation; c) Dimensions of Knowledge; d) Data, Information and Knowledge (dak); 3. Quality of Knowledge; a) Criteria of Truth; b) Profoundness; c) Sources of Knowledge; 4. Justification; a) S knows P; b) Virtue Epistemology; 5. Summarizing Conclusion III. Epistemological Issues and Organizational Practice1. Action Regarding Knowledge; 2. Knowledge and Organizational Practice; IV. Epistemology and Good Governance; 1. Transparency; 2. Integrity; 3. Epistemology: Transparency, Auditing and Integrity; a) Transparency, Auditing and Integrity; Transparency; Auditing; Integrity; b) The Relevance of Epistemology; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Part C Philosophy, Economics, and Business Ethics; Chapter 5 Values and the Limits of Economic Rationality: Critical Remarks on 'Economic Imperialism'; I. Economic Imperialism? II. The Being Given of Preferences and the Validity-reflexive Formation Process |
| ISBN: | 978-3-642-11140-2 ; 978-3-642-11139-6 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-3-642-11140-2 [DOI] |
| Classification: | Philosophie und Theorie der Betriebswirtschaft ; Philosophie und Theorie der Volkswirtschaft |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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