Ernst Von Kimakowitz

Humanistic Management Center, St. Gallen, Switzerland

This introduction chapter clarifies why we need this book and exemplifies that each crisis is a moment of truth as well as a learning opportunity. COVID has put strain on governments, companies, cities, families, and individuals. It is essential to reflect on this adversity, on our reactions, and on the lessons to be learned from one of the biggest...

2021 9th Annual Humanistic Management Conference "Solutions" When: 24-26 November 2021 Where: online, worldwide Conference language: English Fee: none Important dates (2021) October 15: proposal submission deadline for papers Oct. 24: notification of acceptance Oct. 31: registration deadline for accepted presenters Nov. 24-26: the conference Sub...

This book demonstrates how principles of a Humanistic Management paradigm are practiced in a variety of industries and regions by businesses of different ownership structures and sizes. What unites these businesses is their commitment to the three stepped approach of Humanistic Management, which is grounded in unconditional respect for the dignity...

Track 1. Educating and Developing Managers for a fair, just and sustainable future. Chair: Ruth Slater /// Track 2. Management in the Anthropocene: Diverse Scholars United 1. Chair: Michał Pałasz /// Track 3. Management in the Anthropocene: Diverse Scholars United 2. Chair: Aleksandra Jaszczyk /// Track 4. Open theme track related to managing diver...

2020 Eight Annual Humanistic Management Conference "Unity in Diversity" When: 4-6 November 2020 Where: online, worldwide Conference language: English Fee: none FOCUS 1. Educating and Developing Managers for a fair, just and sustainable future 2. Management in the Anthropocene: Diverse Scholars United 3. Open theme track related to managing divers...

2019 Seventh Annual Humanistic Management Conference: Solidarity and the Common Good /// When: 10-11 October 2019 /// Where: Krakow, Poland /// Conference language: English /// FOCUS: 1. Climate Crisis - Management in the Anthropocene; 2. Inequality - Managing the Convergence; 3. Actors - Politics, Business & Management /// Important dates (2019):...

Part II of Human Centered Management in Executive Education is focused on the needs and demands which are stipulating change in curricular development and the content of executive education (EE) programs that have been transformed, or have been designed, based on the foundations of the human centered management paradigm.

Cura personalis, homines pro aliis, and magis have long been key themes of Jesuit education. Care for the whole person, men and women for others, or maybe men and women together for others, and excellence—the never ending search for improvement—have been foundation stones upon which many, perhaps all, Jesuit educational institutions have built thei...

The aim of this chapter is to embed the debate on integrity in the broader context of humanistic management. To this end I will first present the foundations of humanistic management in the three-stepped approach that we have developed in the Humanistic Management Network and Center.1 Second, I will argue that the desire to gain normative legitimac...

When development economics emerged as an independent field in the post-1945 years, the answer to the question what the makings of development are was rather simple: Development equals GNP growth. On following current discussions in politics and business but also in much of academia, one suspects that after nearly six decades of development studies...

Through ongoing globalization managers today are faced with an array of values and codes of conduct that claim to be of relevance to their daily practice. Cultures and moral expectations differ around the globe which has resulted in the management of corporate responsibility becoming increasingly complex. Is there, however, a humanistic consensus t...

In this paper I take a look at conceptualizing corporate responsibilities and introduce normative stakeholder dialogue as a means to assume responsibility before sketching out the main tenets of an emancipated corporation, a corporation that has freed itself from the normative heightening of profit maximization as the sole objective function of the...

It seems virtually impossible today to open a newspaper without finding articles about corporate predators stalking the planet with unethical and sometimes bluntly illegal acts. Companies are involved in human rights violations, environmental degradation, bribery, excessive executive compensation, misleading corporate communication, and spying on e...

Humanistic Management in Practice is a collection of business cases from all corners of the globe, in a variety of industries and sizes. What unites this group of businesses is that all of them are highly successful market actors in a competitive environment and yet they consider their ultimate raison d'etre as the generation of societal benef...

This is an introduction to humanistic management from a practitioner perspective.

In this paper we review the challenges to the current economic system, and proceed by presenting two competing paradigms- the economistic and the humanistic paradigm of business. We then develop the consequences of the humanistic view for the theory of the firm and the practice of the firm. We examine business strategy, governance structures, leade...

This paper presents an overview of the Humanistic business paradigm, the articulation of a humanistic management style, and presents the activities of the Humanistic Management Network, which is an open network of interdisciplinary scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.

We live in a world of multiple crises and business is most often seen as part of the problem. In this paper, which concludes the book "Humanistic Management in Practice", we outline an alternative for business, as part of the solution. We present an analysis of the 19 cases in the book, which depict how business can be an agent for world benefit an...

This book aims to unearth accounts of businesses that excel at doing well and doing good. They make products and services that address genuine human needs and they do so in ways that equally respect all stakeholder concerns. This book also follows the Humanistic Management Network’s previous book, Humanism in Business, in which we laid the theoreti...

The king is dead, long live the king? Before and during the Middle Ages many societies were organized around a dominant power such as a king or priest. Serving the central ruler was the raison d'être of the state, its economy, and its inhabitants, which often resulted in human costs. In the era of enlightenment, proponents of Liberalism broke with...

The Humanistic Management Network is an international, interdisciplinary, and independent network that promotes the development of an economic system in service of human dignity and well-being. We are cooperating with scholars, practitioners, and policy makers across the world to promote the idea of a "life-conducive" economic system. With over 200...

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social re...

Be bold – allow yourself to envision a life-conducive economy Throughout this book, authors from diverse personal and academic backgrounds have argued that the purpose of economic activity should be to serve mankind. This may look somewhat idealistic or even naïve at first sight. However, we believe the arguments presented in this book build a stro...

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social re...

What is the purpose of our economic system? What would a more life-serving economy look like? There are many books about business and society, yet very few of them question the primacy of GDP growth, profit maximization and individual utility maximization. Even developments with a humanistic touch like stakeholder participation, corporate social re...