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The current financial and on-going ecological crises have taught us that without practical wisdom, business, organisations and leadership cannot be sustainable. In response to this situation, the Handbook of Practical Wisdom presents a critically informed understanding of wise practices, contributing to more integrative organizational and leadership studies and practice. The focus on integration emphasises the interdependencies of practical wisdom in relation to members, groups and cultures of organisations in their socio-cultural spheres. Wisdom has long slipped from the scholarly map, and...

Leadership and Wisdom: Lessons from Folklore gives business students and practitioners the opportunity to re-read tales, poems, myths and fables that have been selected and interpreted by leading management scholars and practitioners in order to translate the world's folk wisdom into actionable lessons.

Most, if not all, cultures and civilizations possess narratives that teach how to make sense of the world and how to respond to challenges with wisdom. These sources provide a foundation for character development and leadership, as well as decision-making in...

Leadership and Wisdom: Lessons from Folklore gives business students and practitioners the opportunity to re-read tales, poems, myths and fables that have been selected and interpreted by leading management scholars and practitioners in order to translate the world's folk wisdom into actionable lessons.

Most, if not all, cultures and civilizations possess narratives that teach how to make sense of the world and how to respond to challenges with wisdom. These sources provide a foundation for character development and leadership, as well as decision-making in...

Im Kontext einer post-industriellen Erlebnisgesellschaft und -wirtschaft wachst die Bedeutung der Dienstleistungen. Mit dieser zunehmenden Relevanz von Dienstleistungen steigt auch ein entsprechender Forschungsbedarf, der dieser Entwicklung Rechnung tragt. Die hier vorliegende Forschungsarbeit stellt in diesem Zusammenhang einen besonderen Beitrag zur Erforschung dieses Untersuchungsfeldes dar. Auf der Grundlage einer anspruchsvollen, philosophischen Basis eroffnet die Arbeit einen facherubergreifenden Zugang zu der Dienstleistungsthematik. Mit seiner konsequenten Interdisziplinaritat stellt...

This book assembles multi-disciplinary contributions to delve deeper into ReThinking Management. The first part provides some foundational considerations and inspirations. Further chapters offer more specific links to the arts and creativity sectors as well as empirical research and case reflections. ReThinking Management pursues the main idea that management theory is not merely a sub-discipline of economics, but rather a cross-disciplinary and critical field of research and practice, with a decidedly cultural perspective. While questioning the status and practices of conventional...

Führung in Bildungsorganisationen ist eine komplexe Aufgabe. Mehr denn je sind Führungskräfte gefordert, zwischen internen und externen Einflussgruppen, Wissenschaftlern, Lehrern, Verwaltungen, Studierenden, Öffentlichkeit, Wirtschaft und Politik zu vermitteln. Zugleich ist es erforderlich, eine gemeinsam getragene, zukunftssichernde und klare Profilierung der eigenen Organisation zu bewirken. Um dem Risiko der strukturellen Überforderung zu begegnen, wird es dabei immer wichtiger, die Führung in Bildungsorganisationen zu professionalisieren. Darunter fallen Maßnahmen der...

In traditional business circles, wisdom is viewed with a certain scepticism, which is in part due to its historical associations with wisdom traditions and spiritual cultures. However, in business today, wisdom is emerging not only as a viable but also a necessary organizational and management practice. In particular, practical wisdom is being updated and retranslated for today s issues and concerns in organizations. In recent years, leadership and organizational studies have initiated important changes in the way in which business-as-usual is conducted.

In response to the...