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Philosophies of organizational change : perspectives, models and theories for managing change

Smith, Aaron; Skinner, James; Read, Daniel - 2020 - Second edition

Contents: 1. Introduction - 'changing philosophies' -- 2. The theory philosophy: 'changing theories' -- 3. The rational … philosophy: 'changing plans' -- 4. The biological philosophy: 'changing organisms' -- 5. The models philosophy: 'changing … consultants' -- 6. The institutional philosophy: 'changing conformity' -- 7. The resource philosophy: 'changing opportunities …

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The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives

Akrivou, Kleio (contributor); Sison, Alejo G. (contributor) - 2016

Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the relationships between institutions, society and person(s) -- 1. The merchant and the common good: social paradigms and the state's influence in western history / Agustín...

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Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy

Wren, J. Thomas - 2007

The classical ideal of the leader -- Plato -- Thomas Aquinas -- Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics -- Aristotle -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- James Harrington -- The implicit theories of the classical republicans -- Toward a new implicit theory and a new...

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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue

Stabile, Donald - 2007

1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...

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Reflections of eminent economists

Arrow, Kenneth J. (contributor); Ramrattan, Lall (contributor) - 2004

1. My life philosophy / Irma Adelman -- 2. My life philosophy / Bela Balassa -- 3. Thinking about economics / Carolyn … reflections of a historian of economic thought / Mark Blaug -- 6. Instead of a philosophy of life / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- 7 … life and economics / Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- 10. Education and its consequences : my philosophy of life / Victor R. Fuchs …

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The Elgar companion to economics and philosophy

Marciano, Alain (contributor); Davis, John Bryan (contributor) - 2004

The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always …pt. 1. Political economy as political philosophy -- pt. 2. The methodology and epistemology of economics -- pt. 3 …

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Beyond conventional economics : the limits of rational behaviour in political decision making

Hamlin, Alan P. (contributor); Eusepi, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2006

Beyond Conventional Economics presents new original work from leading scholars on the interface between the individual and political and social institutions. The book offers a critique of the inadequacies of the conventional economic approach to politics and a state-of-the-art view of new...

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Equality, rights, and the autonomous self : toward a conservative economics

Roth, Timothy P. - 2004

Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal...

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A research agenda for organizational ethics

Jones, Jen (ed.) - 2023

. Drawing on the philosophy of existentialism, this thought-provoking Research Agenda questions and encourages deeper ethical … hermeneutics with existential philosophy, this discerning Research Agenda will offer students and scholars of organization studies …

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Managing the cooperative enterprise : the rise of worker-controlled firms

Jossa, Bruno - 2020

. Democratic firms and socialism -- 2. An up-to-date model of marxism: A socialist system without any communist colouring -- 3. The … history? -- 6. The evolution of socialism: From utopia to scientific producer of cooperative economics -- References -- Index. …

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