Each chapter in this text focuses on a major philosopher who has had, or should have, a major influence on organization theory with special consideration to their impact on management and organization studies more generally

1. Ethics of Management -- 2. Ethics of Capitalism -- 3. Ethics of Marxism -- 4. Business ethics and ethical leadership -- 5. Japanese management system -- 6. Scandinavian and Yugoslav management system.

This book, the second of two volumes, is inspired by the famous philosopher of India, Kautilya, author of the first book on economics in the world, Arthashashtra. It analyzes the influence of ethical values from ancient societies on modern systems of management and economics. While this book...

Responding to change -- The decision context -- A brief philosophy of adaptive ecosystem management -- Contesting sustainability : who will own the word? -- Introducing and grounding a procedural approach -- Heuristic proceduralism : a general method -- Tools of the adaptive trade --...

Adam Smith (1721-90) is a thinker with a distinctive perspective on human behaviour and social institutions. Yet his work is name-checked more often than it is read and then typically it is of an uninformed nature; that he is an apologist for capitalism a forceful promoter of self-interest, a...

The methodological choices now confronting consumer researchers are daunting and for many years, researchers have wrestled with issues related to the nature of knowledge in the study of consumption phenomena. The authors of this book examine the philosophies and methods of consumer research both...