Given the manifold problems of this world, we need ways to actively address them; better forms of organizing are required. I suggest that we need to embrace more humanistic forms of management and move away from economistic ones. This chapter provides a conceptual framework that allows us to get...

This paper describes a practice of humanistic management- open hiring. Open Hiring protects and restores dignity by allowing a job independent of background. The case of Greyston Bakery is used to highlight how dignity is restored, protected and well -being is promoted

Why has responsible management been so difficult and why is the chorus of stakeholders demanding such responsibility getting louder? I argue that management learning has been framed within the narrative of economism. As such, I claim that managers need to be aware of the paradigmatic frame of...

In this paper I explore what "working alternatives" to shareholder capitalism could look like. I explore the various understandings and definitions of capitalism and suggest that capitalism may be best understood as rhetorical device. I then explore the current ontological assumptions of...

The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion of salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class of managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards of large and complex corporations, and not principally or exclusively as...

This chapter presents a new humanistic synthesis of understanding human nature. Building on the emerging consilience of knowledge across the sciences and humanities, I propose an alternative model of human nature. This model is aimed to increase accuracy while maintaining parsimony to serve as a...

Given the mounting criticism of the banking sector as corrosive to society, this article is presenting an overview of business models in the banking sector that can reconnect financial services with common good creation. We sketch out two basic paradigms informing banking practice: the...