Humanities as a Resource and Inspiration for Humanizing Business: Beyond Homo Oeconomicus (Virtues and Economics, 7)

Preface
Acknowledgement
Contents
Part I: Introduction
	The Humanities, Business, and the Question of Relevance
		1 Whither Art Thou, Humanities?
		2 The Utility of Irrelevance
		3 Definitions, Intentions, and the Shape of What Follows
		References
Part II: The Culture of Business
	Two Scales and Two Orders of Values
		1 A Crisis of Humanity
		2 Changing Our Attitudes Toward Values: A Very Brief History
		3 Hartmann’s Philosophy and Ethics
		4 Two Scales of Values
		5 Our Path Toward a Pluralistic World
		References
	The Ethics of Sustainability: Lessons from the Classics
		1 Introduction
		2 The Relationship with Nature and an Ecological Awareness in Nuce
		3 Environmental Problems in Ancient Greece
		4 Conclusions
		References
	Discovering Elements of Confucian Ethics Through a Narrative Approach to Asian Films
		1 Martin Scorsese: Shusako Endo: Silence (2016): How Silence Speaks
		2 Feng Xiaogang: Youth (2017): Going Beyond the “Youth Myth” (Jugendmythos): Discovering True Enthusiasm and Self-Sacrifice
		3 Wong Kar-Wai: The Grandmaster (2013): What the Grand Master Values More Than Money and Career
		4 Zhang Yimou: Hero (2002): Giving Up Killing
		5 Transforming Insights
		6 Conclusion
		References
	Incite Artifacts: Human-Centered Design in Healthcare
		1 Human Grounding of Healthcare
		2 Case Study: The Oatmeal Phenomenon in Healthcare
		3 How to Craft an Incite Artifact
			3.1 Critical
			3.2 Profane
			3.3 Dialectical
			3.4 Affective
			3.5 Immersive
		4 Conclusion
		References
Part III: Leaders of Business
	Self-Realization in Business
		1 The Story of Peer Gynt
		2 Is Peer Gynt a Liar?
		3 The Gyntish Self
		4 What Is Self-Realization?
		5 Man Versus Troll
		6 Yvon Chouinard and Patagonia
		7 Managing Oneself
		References
	Leadership Obligation: Labor, Reciprocity, and Care
		1 Introduction
		2 Debt and Guilty Toil
		3 Gifted Labor
		4 Monetized and Indebted Labor
		5 Reciprocity and Trust
		6 Contexts of Care
		7 Burdens of Leadership
		References
	Spiritual Leadership
		1 Introduction
		2 Spirituality
		3 Leadership
		4 Spirituality and Leadership
		5 An Explorative Study
		6 Conclusion
		References
	Progressive Business Leaders’ Inner World
		1 Introduction
		2 What Is Progressive Business?
		3 Mental Models as Personal Construct Theory (PCT)
			3.1 George A. Kelly – The Father of PCT
			3.2 Probing Mental Models – General Methodological Considerations
			3.3 Methodologies to Map Constructs and Construing of Progressive Business Leaders
				3.3.1 Repertory Grids
				3.3.2 Leaders’ Narratives
			3.4 Defining Moments and Leadership
				3.4.1 Defining Moments – Some Real-Life Examples
				3.4.2 Leadership Development – A Model by Bennis and Thomas
		4 Conclusions
		References
Part IV: Art for Business
	Music as Sapiential Capital: Harmonizing Faith-Based Business and Musical Transcendence
		1 Preludium
		2 Sapiential Capital in Music and Faith-Based Business
		3 Extravagance of Music and of Faith-Based Businesses
		4 Affordance Structures in Music and Faith-Based Business
		5 Original Piano Composition: Ballade (A Musical Tale of Two Realms)
			5.1 Business: Pathways to Economic Transcendence
			5.2 Varieties of Pathways
		6 Value of Sapiential Capital
		7 Sapiential Capital Personified
		8 Postludium
		References
	Imagination as Essential Work
		References
	Ritual Commerce
		1 Disengaging Machines
		2 What Is Ritual?
		3 The Shared History of Ritual and Business
		4 What Can Ritual Do for Business?
		5 The First Shave
		6 Caution in Conclusion
		References
	Poetic Dwelling Models for Business
		1 Introduction
		2 The Poverty of Market Metaphysics
		3 Gentle, Careful Ways of Economizing
		4 Conclusion
		References
	Transcending the Black Swan: From Self to System
		1 Introduction
		2 Estranged from Interconnectedness
		3 “The 13th Wise Woman”
		4 A Rich Inner Life
		5 Bringing Your Whole Self into Your Life and Livelihood: An Exercise
		6 Human and Social Sustainability
		7 A Starting Point in Language
		8 Conclusion
		References
	Towards Human Excellence and Creativity in Management Education: A Personal Voyage
		1 Introduction: Whither Management Education?
		2 A Personal Voyage
		3 Three Sparks to Enlightenment
		4 Creative Learning: Inspiration from Rabindranath Tagore
		5 Creating Vibrant Learning Spaces: Tagore’s Tryst with ‘Openness’ and ‘Otherness’
		6 Towards Human Excellence in Management Education: Lessons from Tagore
		7 Principles of Learning and Creativity: Lessons from Leonardo da Vinci
		8 Postscript: A Personal Story
		References
Part V: Conclusion
	Ways Forward in Humanizing Business and Management
		1 Materialist and Reductionist Conceptions of Business and Management
			1.1 Homo Economicus
			1.2 Profit Maximization
			1.3 Efficiency
		2 New Conceptions for Renewing Business and Management
			2.1 The Livelihood of People
			2.2 Capturing the Whole Spectrum of Human Existence
			2.3 Promoting Frugal Production and Consumption
			2.4 Making Room for Ethics in Economic Coordination Mechanisms
			2.5 Reinforcing the Intrinsic Motivation of People
			2.6 Developing Holistic Measures of Value and Wellbeing
		3 The Potential of Humanities and the Arts in Transforming Business and Management
		References
Index