Spiritual Enterprise

Author : Lawrence M. Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0853985073

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Spiritual Enterprise by Lawrence M. Miller Pdf

A well-known business consultant, coach, speaker and author, Lawrence Miller discloses the spiritual principles that have made his business such a success and which lie behind all successful modern organizations. In a bold step, he sets out his conviction that there is not necessarily any contradiction between pursuing material progress, whether in the form of a nation's economy or personal wealth, and the teachings of religion. In fact, he states, it is the great challenge of one's personal spiritual struggle to remain centered in spiritual reality while pursuing success in business. He identifies and explores new principles of management for a new age: honesty and trustworthiness the spirit of service justice consultation unity moderation world citizenship universal education But he goes far beyond this, showing how to put these principles to work in the real world of business, what he calls 'practical spirituality', looking at: capital and finance design of work structure and organization human resource development information systems reward and recognition customers, suppliers and community and leadership A must-have book for anyone who wants to succeed in business in the 21st century.

Author : Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780849949739

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Doing Virtuous Business by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch Pdf

Can the concept of "Spiritual Capital" actually ensure a company's success? Critics of capitalism view big businesses as insatiable masters of the universe with little regard for the public. They label those who create wealth as greedy, malicious, and unscrupulous. Doing Virtuous Business answers these charges head-on. In this insightful and original book, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch presents the bold idea that the creation of wealth by virtuous means is the most important thing that can be done for society. Doing Virtuous Business explains the true purpose of business and illuminates the connection between a free economy and religious liberty. Drawing from the notion of "social capital," which has been developed by generations of scholars, Malloch adds the concept of "spiritual capital" as a foundation for social progress and also a necessity for responsible and successful enterprise. He details the virtues that sustain a business and a free market—virtues that build up a network of trust, which is critical to the global economy. Malloch reveals that a company's soul determines its "spiritual capital," an equally imperative foundation to success. From Wal-Mart to IBM, Malloch demonstrates how companies that operate on ethical models informed by spiritual traditions have outperformed their competitors. This book is a welcome moral defense of free enterprise and a sensible guide for achieving the ideal of virtuous business. Besides making the world a better place, Malloch argues, virtuous enterprise makes companies far more successful and profitable than they otherwise would be. He presents case studies of virtuous business in the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as statistical analysis demonstrating how companies that operate on ethical models have outperformed their competitors over the long run.

Author : Theodore R. Malloch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 159403222X

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Spiritual Enterprise by Theodore R. Malloch Pdf

The CEO of The Roosevelt Group demonstrates how and why the role of faith in the leadership and operation of a successful business is important and argues that spiritual capital--marked by strong personal convictions, moral scruples, virtue, and spiritual discipline--is also a necessity for a healthy market.

Author : Mal Leicester,Sohan Modgil
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135698621

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Spiritual and Religious Education by Mal Leicester,Sohan Modgil Pdf

Volume V distinguishes religious and spiritual education and takes a multi-faith approach to pedagogic, curricular and resource issues. The important area of collective worship is also addressed.

Author : Thomas M. Doerflinger
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807839386

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A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise by Thomas M. Doerflinger Pdf

A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy. The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.

Author : Antonino Vaccaro,Tommaso Ramus
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030965969

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Social Innovation and Social Enterprises by Antonino Vaccaro,Tommaso Ramus Pdf

This book provides an exhaustive, critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with social enterprises and social innovation. More specifically, it addresses questions such as: What is a social innovation? Which are the best theories that explain how social innovations are generated and propagated in the global society? What is a social enterprise? Which are the theoretical perspectives that best describe the functioning of Social Enterprises , the threats and opportunities? How do social enterprises deal with the profit and non profit worlds and how these interactions affect their capability to be social innovators?The most recent literature has focused on strategies integrating conflicting logic, organizational practices or processes. In all these cases, the hybrid nature of the organization is implemented and sustained through original business models, new organizational arrangements and governance and novel strategies. We believe that the hybrid and institutional perspectives are just one of the many theoretical lenses that can be used to frame social innovation and social enterprises. Along this line, some have highlighted the inherent ethical nature of these phenomena, the critical role played by ethical values whose advancement go well beyond what expected by the corporate social responsibility, business ethics and institutional theorizing. This book follows these perspectives exploring the link between social innovation and social enterprises, presenting them as a new a new possible field of research that support new ways to understand and theorize individual, organizational and community behaviors.

Author : Chellie Spiller,Rachel Wolfgramm
Publisher : IAP
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681231570

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Indigenous Spiritualities at Work by Chellie Spiller,Rachel Wolfgramm Pdf

Are you intrigued by ancient wisdom traditions? Do you ever wonder if they have any relevance in today’s world? How do Indigenous ways of being and doing balance wealth creation and well-being? How might Indigenous peoples define success? What are Indigenous spiritualities? How is Spiritualities manifested in Indigenous organizations today? These questions have intrigued us for many years. As a consequence, we invited scholars from around the world to contribute to a ground-breaking book, Indigenous spiritualities at work: transforming the spirit of business enterprise, to explore these questions from different worldviews. A key focus of this book is how Indigenous spiritual approaches revitalize identities and relationships within the workplace. However, the notion of workplace is not narrow, as it includes communities of engagement and practice in ecologies of creativity and enterprise in the broadest sense. This enables Indigenous spiritualties at work to be explored from diverse perspectives, disciplines, cultures and sectors. In particular, the authentic voices of authors in this book enriches our understandings, offers points of enlightenment and amplifies spiritual traditions of Indigenous peoples in a way that honours traditions of the past, present and future. The contributions build bridges between scholarly work and practice. They include empirical studies of Spiritualities, mindfulness, presence and authenticity. A diverse range of research methodologies, impact studies and examples of development programs are offered alongside artistic works, photographic essays, stories, and poetry.

Author : Peter Kelly
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317016427

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The Self as Enterprise by Peter Kelly Pdf

Twenty first century, flexible capitalism creates new demands for those who work to acknowledge that all aspects of their lives have come to be seen as performance related, and consequently of interest to those who employ them (or fire them). At the start of the 21st century we can identify, borrowing from Max Weber, new work ethics that provide novel ethically slanted maxims for the conduct of a life, and which suggest that the cultivation of the self as an enterprise is the life-long activity that should give meaning, purpose and direction to a life. The book provides an innovative theoretical and methodological approach that draws on the problematising critique of Michel Foucault, the sociological imagination of Zygmunt Bauman and the work influenced by these authors in social theory and social research in the last three decades. The author takes seriously the ambivalence and irony that marks many people’s experience of their working lives, and the demands of work at the start of the 21st century. The book makes an important contribution to the continuing debate about the nature of work related identities and the consequences of the intensification of the work regimes in which these identities are performed and regulated. In a post global financial crisis (GFC) world of sovereign debt, austerity and recession the author’s analysis focuses academic and professional interest on neo-liberal injunctions to imagine ourselves as an enterprise, and to reap the rewards and carry the costs of the conduct of this enterprise.

Author : Wayne Back
Publisher : Wayne Back
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building Spiritual Enterprises by Wayne Back Pdf

This book is written for all those who want to build their lives, businesses, churches and ministries according to the vision and call of God. It is written to encourage and help business people realise their high calling. It is also written to pastors to help them to build their churches and also in ministering to their business people. Even though it is a book about business, some of those who have read the early drafts are not in business and have found it very helpful in building their lives of faith. All of the chapters have relevance for building personal spiritual foundations.

Author : George F. Gilder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1558152016

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Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise by George F. Gilder Pdf

The wellspring of capital will not be found on Wall Street or in the stuffy halls of corporate America, but instead in the hopes and dreams of people who want to create new products and new approaches to problem solving. It is this wellspring that will ultimately cleanse the soul of corporate America corrupted by power and age. George Gilder's 1984 classic was substantially revised for the 1990s and remains relevant today. This authoritative book looks at what went right in the 1980s and how we can jump-start the economy of the new millenium, featuring unforgettable portraits of entrepreneurs of today and tomorrow, from Bill Gates to members of the dynamic Cuban immigrant community of Miami.

Author : James Parton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368853457

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Triumphs of Enterprise, Ingenuity, and Public Spirit by James Parton Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Mormons
ISBN : WISC:89067424838

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The True Latter-Day-Saints' Herald by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Lefroy (Dean of Norwich.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000609087

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Pleadings for Christ: Being Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical. Preached in St. Andrews Church, Liverpool by William Lefroy (Dean of Norwich.) Pdf

Author : Michah Gottlieb
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199336395

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The Jewish Reformation by Michah Gottlieb Pdf

In the late eighteenth century, German Jews began entering the middle class with remarkable speed. That upward mobility, it has often been said, coincided with Jews' increasing alienation from religion and Jewish nationhood. In fact, Michah Gottlieb argues, this period was one of intense engagement with Jewish texts and traditions. One expression of this was the remarkable turn to Bible translation. In the century and a half beginning with Moses Mendelssohn's pioneering translation and the final one by Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, German Jews produced sixteen different translations of at least the Pentateuch. Exploring Bible translations by Mendelssohn, Leopold Zunz, and Samson Raphael Hirsch, Michah Gottlieb argues that each translator sought a "reformation" of Judaism along bourgeois lines, which involved aligning Judaism with a Protestant concept of religion. Buber and Rosenzweig famously critiqued bourgeois German Judaism as a craven attempt to establish social respectability to facilitate Jews' entry into the middle class through a vapid, domesticated Judaism. But Mendelssohn, Zunz, and Hirsch saw in bourgeois values the best means to serve God and the authentic actualization of Jewish tradition. Through their learned, creative Bible translations, these scholars presented competing visions of middle-class Judaism that affirmed Jewish nationhood while lighting the path to a purposeful, emotionally-rich spiritual life grounded in ethical responsibility.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1789 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000518856

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Routledge Library Editions: Utopias by Various Pdf

Routledge Library Editions: Utopias (6 volume set) contains titles, originally published between 1923 and 1982. It includes volumes focusing on Utopian fiction, both as a genre in its own right and also from a feminist perspective. In addition, there are sociological texts that examine the history of Utopian thought, from the writings of Plato and beyond, as well as specific examples of people who have tried to create Utopian communities.