humanistic management

2022/2023 Fellows, Who Are We?

Ayse Yemiscigil

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Ayse Yemiscigil, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and a Research Affiliate with The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Professor Yemiscigil’s research brings a humanistic lens to leadership development and management. Using an interdisciplinary approach, she studies how leaders cultivate humanistic ideals such as flourishing and wellbeing, meaning, purpose, and authenticity in themselves, organizations, Read more […]

Association News

Rising to the Moment – Panel on Compassion in Business

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IHMA 2019/20 Fellow Reut Livne-Tarandach has been invited to participate in a U Michigan Business School panel on Compassion U Michigan Business School is bringing together leading compassion scholars and practitioners to share insights about leading and working with compassion in current times. I am lined up to serve on this panel along with a number of other compassion scholars and practitioners. The panel is led virtually on 9/24 between 10-11:30am EST. Here is a little bit more information Read more […]

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Trauma Resilience & Growth at Work with Sally Maitlis – Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn

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On Friday June 26th – Sally Maitlis, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, joined the Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn to discuss Trauma Resilience & Growth at Work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJDkSfzb3sw Slide Deck for presentation IHMA-Trauma-Healing-26.6.20-slidesDownload And here are the links to some relevant pieces in HBR: https://hbr.org/2019/07/when-a-colleague-is-grieving https://hbr.org/2019/12/going-back-to-work-after-a-pregnancy-loss https://hbr.org/2020/04/making-sense-of-the-future-after-losing-a-job-you-love And Read more […]

Member News and Content

What’s dignity got to do with it? Why now is the time for humanistic management in tourism

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Amongst all this angst what the future might hold for tourism and the many individuals affected, there is no doubt people will travel again to see their loved ones, and people will long for going on holiday after months of staying at home. When that time comes, we need to have a blueprint ready for a tourism industry that prioritises humanity over profits if we want (the industry) to survive indeed.

Chapter News, Member News and Content

Why Humanistic Management is Critical in Times of Disruption

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The dominant style of human management is what is termed as the Homo economicus standard. Homo is the Latin term for “modern man”, while economicus refers to the economy. The biggest problem with this arrangement is that we are Homo sapiens. We’re driven by a separate set of innate needs – hence, a grievous mismatch of values. Under the Homo economicus model, we’ve got corporations and governance focused on two exclusive motivators while discounting other human drives. These two motivators Read more […]

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