Humanistic Management in Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introducing This Book and Humanistic Management....Pages 1-12
ABN AMRO REAL – A New Bank for a New Society....Pages 13-27
AES Corporation – Serving People and Society....Pages 28-41
Humanistic Business via the Integral Enterprise: The Case of Broad Air Conditioning, China....Pages 42-61
bracNet: Bridging the Digital Divide – Covering Bangladesh with Wireless Broadband Access....Pages 62-75
Cascades Inc. (1959–2009): Some Lessons from a Resilient Organization....Pages 76-91
Dialogue-Based Leadership Style As Part of Humanistic Organizational Cultures: The Case of dm in Germany....Pages 92-102
Grameen Danone Foods – A Case of a Social Business Enterprise....Pages 103-118
Entrepreneurship, Humanistic Management and Business Turnaround: The Case of a Small Chinese Private Firm....Pages 119-130
Level Ground Trading Ltd – Fair Trade Coffee As a Front for Social Justice....Pages 131-146
The Best Inputs for Maximizing Your Output: Humanistic Practices at Micromatic Grinding....Pages 147-169
Mondragon: Could Something Like This Be in Our Future?....Pages 170-184
Novo Nordisk – Making a Difference in Diabetes Treatment....Pages 185-203
SEKEM – Humanistic Management in the Egyptian Desert....Pages 204-214
What Is Your Calling? SEMCO’s Invitation to Participatory Management....Pages 215-230
Triple Bottom Line Management at Sonae Sierra....Pages 231-246
Can Business and Humanism Go Together? The Case of the Tata Group with a Focus on Nano Plant....Pages 247-265
TerraCycle – A Business Founded for Societal Benefit Generation....Pages 266-276
Wainwright Bank and Trust Case Study – Humanistic Management in Practice....Pages 277-289
Zipcar Incorporated: Do We Really Need to Own Our Automobiles?....Pages 290-306
Concluding Remarks....Pages 307-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-332