International Humanistic Management Association

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Is Love All We Need? Call for Abstracts: Love and the Organization

Is Love All We Need? Call for Abstracts: Love and the Organization

Submitted by Michael Pirson: Call for Submissions: June 15, 2019 "Is love all we need? If so, how can we organize for it?  This call for paper is calling for submissions to explore this side of the inquiry into love and organizing. What’s love got to do with it? Love may have nothing to do with the organization, especially in the administrative and market-based context. The call is also exploring this side of the inquiry. To explore this tension expressed in popular songs we are inviting Read more [...]
Jeanne Bell: Moving from Extraction to Reciprocity in Work Relationships

Jeanne Bell: Moving from Extraction to Reciprocity in Work Relationships

Jeanne Bell: Moving from Extraction to Reciprocity in Work Relationships "If we can shift from thinking of our organizational relationships as “human resources” to be managed—their capital to be extracted over the life of the relationship—and shift to a frame of deep reciprocity, we will find as leaders that it is indeed those relationships above all else that allow our organizations to accomplish the most extraordinary things."-- Jeanne Bell, MNA Humanistic managers want our organizations Read more [...]
From Sandwich to Bagel Management

From Sandwich to Bagel Management

Sandwiches and bagels and donuts, oh my! Dr. Michael Pirson offers some colorful metaphors on management in his latest piece, "From Sandwich to Bagel Management" in The Manila Times. Here is a brief excerpt: "When you look at the world it probably does not look like a sandwich, it looks more like a burger. In our business schools, however, we portray our world much like a triangular American-style Bologna sandwich, standing on its side sloping upwards. In my teaching I bring this triangular Read more [...]
Counting What Counts: Why Social Accounting MATTERS

Counting What Counts: Why Social Accounting MATTERS

(Submitted by Jennifer Hancock) Read Dr. Elizabeth Castillo's (IHMA member and co-host of our recurring Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learns) latest article on "Counting What Counts: Why Social Accounting MATTERS". This article was featured in the winter 2018 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly. In this piece, Dr. Castillo narrates the necessity of social accounting in a society that largely focuses on financial accounting. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: "However, Read more [...]
Research Shows 3 Ways to Bring More Humanity to the Workplace

Research Shows 3 Ways to Bring More Humanity to the Workplace

Submitted by Jennifer Hancock and Jeanne Bell: Dr. Dara Blumenthal believes "in eliminating the false dichotomy of work versus life and instead infusing work with humanity." In her article, Blumenthal shares three ways employees and managers alike can make the workplace a more humane space. Here is a brief snippet of the article where Blumenthal highlights the necessity of humanity in the workplace: "Work can be dehumanizing. I’m not only talking about truly hard work, like laboring in a Read more [...]

A Quiet Revolution in Education

Submitted by Jennifer Hancock: Are we seeing evidence of a quiet revolution in today's education system? Lynn Parramore shares her thoughts in her article titled "Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works." Read the full article here: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/millionaire-driven-education-reform-has-failed-heres-what-works  From the article: "While dilettante corporate reformers were making headlines with their quick-and-dirty education schemes, Read more [...]

Claus Dierksmeier: Qualitative Freedom – Autonomy in Cosmopolitan Responsibility

For those interested in the rich philosophy, history, and complexities of freedom, Dr. Claus Dierksmeier's (a Professor of Globalization Ethics) latest book offers an interesting read. "In the light of growing political and religious fundamentalism, this open access book defends the idea of freedom as paramount for the attempt to find common ethical ground in the age of globality. The book sets out to examine as yet unexhausted ways to boost the resilience of the principle of liberalism. Critically Read more [...]
Doug Kirkpatrick: Beyond Empowerment to Self Management

Doug Kirkpatrick: Beyond Empowerment to Self Management

Doug Kirkpatrick: Beyond Empowerment to Self Management  Co-creating a self-managed organizational ecosystem is more than just employee engagement, business performance, retention, and less bureaucracy. It’s the right thing to do. Is it really possible to run a company without bosses? The answer is yes. Morning Star grew to be the world's largest tomato producer without any human bosses. The organization is run entirely through collaborative agreement. They have 2 guiding rules: (1) there Read more [...]

Center for Positive Organizations, Erb Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Submitted by Katie Trevathan: The Center for Positive Organizations, in partnership with the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, seek a post-doctoral scholar to help develop and lead a two-year research effort focusing on business sustainability change agents. Specifically, the post-doctoral scholar will conduct research on questions relate to the following topics: - What tactics help change agents influence companies towards Read more [...]