Philosophy and Management : Great Minds and Organizational Ideas / ukasz Sułkowski, Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, and Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Strategic Management -- 1.1 Conflict Resolution and Buddhism -- 1.2 Decision-Making and Stoicism -- 1.3 Change Management and Heraclitus Philosophy -- 1.4 Strategic Planning and Utilitarianism -- 1.5 Business Development and Dialectics -- 1.6 Corporate Strategy and Game Theory -- 1.7 Strategic Vision and Transcendentalism -- 1.8 Corporate Vision and Utopianism -- 1.9 Adaptive Management and Darwinian Theory -- References -- Chapter 2 Human Resources Management -- 2.1 Performance Management and Virtue Ethics -- 2.2 Human Resources and Feminist Ethics -- 2.3 Talent Management and Personalism -- 2.4 Employee Engagement and Humanism -- Chapter 3 Corporate Governance and Ethics -- 3.1 Corporate Governance and Deontology -- 3.2 Corporate Accountability and Libertarianism -- 3.3 Corporate Ethics and Existential Nihilism -- 3.4 Corporate Social Responsibility and Altruism -- 3.5 Organizational Power and Knowledge -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Organizational Behaviour -- 4.1 Organizational Learning and the Socratic Method -- 4.2 Organizational Integrity and Ethical Relativism -- 4.3 Organizational Development and Systems Thinking -- 4.4 Organization as Communicative Action -- Chapter 5 Culture and Identity -- 5.1 Cultural Intelligence and Hermeneutics -- 5.2 Cultural Change and Postmodernism -- 5.3 Stakeholder Engagement and Ubuntu Philosophy -- 5.4 Cross-Cultural Management and Cultural Relativism -- Chapter 6 Innovation and Creativity -- 6.1 Innovation and the Philosophy of Science -- 6.2 Continuous Innovation and Pragmatism -- 6.3 Design Thinking and Structuralism -- 6.4 Disruptive Innovations and Deconstruction -- 6.5 Innovation and Rhizomatic Thinking -- Chapter 7 Knowledge Management and Technology.

7.1 Knowledge Management and Constructivism -- 7.2 Digital Transformation and Transhumanism -- 7.3 AI Governance and Taoism -- 7.4 Virtual Reality and Gamification as Simulacra -- Chapter 8 Risk and Crisis Management -- 8.1 Financial Management and Rationalism -- 8.2 Risk Management and Epicureanism -- 8.3 Crisis Management and Absurdism -- 8.4 Crisis Communication and Speech Act Theory -- Chapter 9 Marketing and Customer Relations -- 9.1 Customer Relationship Management and Empiricism -- 9.2 Brand Management and Semiotics -- 9.3 Superior Customer Service and Levinasian Ethics -- 9.4 Phenomenological Customer Experience -- 9.5 Surrealist Marketing -- Chapter 10 Process and Project Management -- 10.1 Agile Management and Post-Structuralism -- 10.2 Time Management and Heidegger's Being and Time -- 10.3 Project Management and Process Philosophy -- 10.4 Mergers and Acquisitions and Critical Theory -- Chapter 11 Sustainability and Diversity -- 11.1 Sustainable Production and Deep Ecology -- 11.2 Diversity Management and Pluralism -- 11.3 Green Logistics and Environmental Philosophy -- 11.4 Inclusion in Organization from Post-Colonial Philosophy -- Chapter 12 Leadership -- 12.1 Ethical Leadership and Confucianism -- 12.2 Leadership and Existentialism -- 12.3 Servant Leadership and Care Ethics -- 12.4 Management of Meaning and Post-Humanism -- 12.5 Conclusions -- Conclusions: The Emerging Frontiers of Philosophical Management -- Index.

This book invites readers on an intellectual journey where the great minds of philosophy intersect with contemporary organizational challenges. With classical and modern philosophical thought as its backbone, Philosophy and Management: Great Minds and Organizational Ideas demonstrates that the most renowned thinkers in human history, such as Aristotle, Confucius, and Nietzsche, provide timeless wisdom to navigate the complexity of today's business environments. Combining theoretical insights with practical applications, this book presents philosophical frameworks as robust foundations for decision-making, conflict resolution, and leadership strategies. It explores crucial areas such as strategic management, human resources, ethics, corporate governance, and innovation, challenging readers to explore management from a reflective and ethical perspective, and shows how philosophy equips leaders to build resilient and morally responsible organizations, which are essential in an age dominated by technological advancement and rapid societal changes. The book fills a significant gap in management literature, which often lacks deep philosophical reflection on organizational practices. It draws on ancient, modern, and postmodern thought, connecting these insights to current management theories, thus making it an invaluable resource for both practitioners and scholars

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