Title:
Management : a faith based perspective
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Publication Information:
Boston : Person Education, 2012
Physical Description:
xxvi, 620 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780136058342
Subject Term:
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Summary
Summary
Explore management issues through a faith-based perspective.
Management: A Faith-Based Perspective offers readers the opportunity to explore management issues through a faith-based perspective. By presenting the biblical record on major management issues and contemporary management scholarship findings, this text encourages the integration of a perspective founded on the values and teachings common to Christian denominations.
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 Introduction to Management |
| Chapter 2 Management History |
| Chapter 3 External and Internal Environment |
| Chapter 4 Cross-Cultural Management |
| Chapter 5 The Manager and Moral and Social Responsibility |
| Chapter 6 Planning and Decision Making |
| Chapter 7 Strategic Thinking |
| Chapter 8 Organization |
| Chapter 9 Human Resources Management |
| Chapter 10 Communication |
| Chapter 11 Motivation |
| Chapter 12 Leadership |
| Chapter 13 Change, Power, and Conflict |
| Chapter 14 Managerial Control and Accountability |
| Chapter 15 Spirituality, Faith, and Management |
| Chapter Appendix Assumptions in the Field of Management |
| Appendix A Selected Hebrew and Greek Words Relevant to Managers |
| Appendix B Occupations Mentioned in the Bible |
| Appendix C Technology in the Bible |
| Appendix D The Christian as Manager and Leader: A Small-Group Study Guide |
| Cases |
| Case 1 The J.M. Smucker Company Culture |
| Case 2 The Burger War: In-N-Out Burger |
| Case 3 EHarmony.com |
| Case 4 The New Fitness Club |
| Case 5 R. W. Beckett Corporation: Corporate Culture |
| Case 6 Cardone Industries: Chaplain Program |
| Case 7 Ethics, Decision-Making, and Responsibility: Tough Call Knowing Someone Loses |
| Case 8 Coping with Scandal: Individual Redemption and Organizational Recovery |
| Case 9 Choice of an Executive Assistant |
| Case 10 How Gay Friendly Should Your Workplace Be? |
