CiNii Books - Moral foundations of management knowledge

"A selection of the most relevant papers presented at the 'Workshop on Moral Foundations of Management Knowledge: Opening the Black Box.' This workshop was organized in Cergy-Pontoise, France, in October 2006 by EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) and ESSEC Business School."--Acknowledgments

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This book sheds light on 'hidden' aspects of management theory by questioning its moral foundations: ethical and moral principles tend to become over time, deeply embedded, if not buried, in the intellectual and disciplinary subfields of management, particularly when the latter vie for scientific status. In the process, they often become invisible or indecipherable both to those who advance and diffuse knowledge as well as to those who receive, interpret and apply it. The contributors to this book explore in various subfields of management thought a number of important moral and ethical issues. What is the definition of 'good behaviour' - and hence of 'bad behaviour' - implicit behind the theories we use and produce? Can we find, historically, a trace of moral and ethical dilemmas and debates in those intellectual subfields that tend to posture today as morally neutral? What is the conception of human nature and social reality embedded in modern management thought and theories? How do those implicit and hidden cognitive schemes influence the development of research and knowledge in those various subfields? How do they prevent certain issues from emerging? How do they shape debates, practices and beliefs - leaving little room to approach the world differently and to depart from mainstream perspectives? This unique treatment of the moral foundations of knowledge management will provide a stimulating read for academics, students and professionals focusing on business and management, business administration, sociology, organizational behaviour and moral philosophy.

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Contents: Foreword PART I: MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICAL ISSUES: A DIFFICULT ENCOUNTER 1. Towards a Phenomenology of Management: From Modelling to Day-to-day Moral Sensemaking Cognition Laurent Bibard 2. Reverse Engineering of Moral Discussion: From Symptoms to Moral Foundations Evandro Bocatto and Eloisa Perez de Toledo 3. From Hunter-gatherer to Organisational Man: A Morality Tale Kathryn Gordon and Raymond-Alain Thietart PART II: ECONOMICS AND THE QUESTION OF MORAL FOUNDATIONS 4. Economics, Ethics and Anthropology Antonio Argandona 5. The 'Ethics of Competition' or the Moral Foundations of Contemporary Capitalism Marie-Laure Djelic 6. The Ethics of Rationality. Elucidations in the Theoretical Foundations of Economics by Relation to Ethics Mircea Boari 7. The Moral Layer of Contemporary Economics: A Virtue-ethics Perspective Radu Vranceanu PART III: LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING MORAL FOUNDATIONS 8. Leadership Virtues and Management Knowledge: Questioning the Unitary Command Perspective in Leadership Research Lucia Crevani, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff 9. The Psychological Dimension of Love as Foundational for Transformational Leadership Theory Mary Miller 10. An Ethical Encounter with the Other: Language Introducing the New into Thought Sara Louise Muhr PART IV: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ETHICS: CAN WE GO BEYOND HYPOCRIZY? 11. Are Management Systems Ethical? The Reification Perspective Annick Bouguignon 12. The Paradoxical Situation of Ethics in Business Gilles Van Wijk 13. Ethics and Management Education: The MBA under Attack Richard Dery, Chantale Mailhot and Veronique Schaeffer Index

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