Responsible management : understanding human nature, ethics, and sustainability /

Responsible management : understanding human nature, ethics, and sustainability /

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Author / Creator:	Ogunyemi, Kemi.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	[New York, N.Y.] : Business Expert Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 144 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Principles for responsible management education collection 2013 digital library. Principles for responsible management education collection. Business Expert Press digital library.
Subject:	Social responsibility of business. Management. Management. Social responsibility of business.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11169922

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Other authors / contributors:	Business Expert Press.
ISBN:	9781606495056 1606495054 1283970279 9781283970273 9781606495049
Notes:	Title from PDF title page (viewed January 27, 2013). Part of: 2013 digital library. Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index. English.
Summary:	This book serves as a valuable complementary text for courses on Ethics, Responsibility, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability, which mostly tend to neglect their human nature dimensions. It provides an understanding of human nature and its uniqueness and complexity, which helps managers in today's business world to better manage and to respect self, others, and the environment. It also provides the foundation for learning ethical behavior, leadership, responsibility, sustainable management, and corporate social responsibility. Without this angle, an MBA might tend to focus primarily on financial success in different dimensions--operational quality, financial strategy, workforce motivation, cost-cutting strategies, etc. and people may forget to take cognizance of the implications of their own nature and that of the people through whom they have to work. Future leaders and shapers of sustainable organizations and societies cannot afford to have such a knowledge gap. Having these discussions helps students understand that the reason to be ethical goes beyond self-interest and profit motives to the very foundations of human nature.
Other form:	Print version: 9781606495049
Standard no.:	10.4128/9781606495056

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Summary:	Does a manager in today's world need to know anything about freedom? Or about instrinsic goods? Or even about educating emotions? "Absolutely," says author Kemi Ogunyemi. Kemi wrote this book to serve as a valuable tool to complement courses on ethics, responsibility, leadership, human behavior in organizations, customer service, and sustainability--most of which tend to ignore their human nature dimensions. Inside, you'll be provided an indepth understanding of human nature and its uniqueness and complexity, which can greatly enhance your managerial skills for achieving business success in today's world. You will be empowered to better manage yourself, others, and the environment. This book also provides a foundation for developing ethical sensitivity and corporate social responsibility. There is a clear and present danger that managers may tend to focus primarily on financial success in different key dimensions--operational quality, financial strategy, workforce motivation, cost-cutting strategies, etc.--and perhaps discover too late the neglect of an even more vital dimension of all human endeavor. Future leaders and shapers of sustainable organizations and societies cannot afford to have such a knowledge gap.
Item Description:	Title from PDF title page (viewed January 27, 2013). Part of: 2013 digital library.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 144 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
ISBN:	9781606495056 1606495054 1283970279 9781283970273 9781606495049